Felts Mills leans Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Felts Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Felts Mills, ~26% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Felts Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Felts Mills leans more Republican than 25 of 91 neighbors.
Felts Mills runs about 42 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Felts Mills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Felts Mills leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Felts Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 97% of residents in Felts Mills drive to work alone, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Felts Mills runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Felts Mills, NY sits above the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Felts Mills looks the way it does
Turnout in Felts Mills sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Black River, NY R+23
- Fort Drum, NY R+3
- Great Bend, NY R+16
- Deferiet, NY R+31
- Calcium, NY R+19
- Herrings, NY R+33
- Champion, NY R+34
- South Rutland, NY R+37
- Rutland Center, NY R+36
- Evans Mills, NY R+28
Cities with Similar Populations
- Dry Run, PA R+75
- East Otto, NY R+42
- Fowler, LA R+65
- Shady Valley, TN R+62
- Dyas, AL R+76
- Mathews, AL R+21
- Guffey, CO R+12
- East Bloomfield, NY R+11
- Enon, MS R+23
- Enville, TN R+75
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.