Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 80% of adults in Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow, ~38% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow leans more Republican than 4 of 5 neighbors.
Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow runs about 6 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole.
Why Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow are family households, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow, Dayton, OH sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 87% of households in Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow own their home, about 10 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.