Five Points is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Five Points typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Five Points, ~14% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Five Points compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Five Points leans more Republican than 51 of 90 neighbors.
Five Points runs about 44 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Five Points 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 Five Points, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Five Points, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the Ohio average of 23%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Five Points are family households, above 77% of cities.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Five Points, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Five Points looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 95% of households in Five Points own their home, about 18 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Robtown, OH R+56
- Williamsport, OH R+56
- Matville, OH R+46
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sheridan, OH R+59
- Shieldsburg, PA R+46
- DeJarnett, VA R+29
- Shannondale, PA R+66
- Kedron, TN R+69
- Sextons Creek, KY R+78
- Toronto, IA R+48
- Matherville, MS Even
- McGowan, KY R+63
- Greencastle, OH R+43
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio Secretary of State, 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.