Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fort Columbus Airport

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Fort Columbus Airport is a Democratic stronghold. About 77% of voters here vote Democratic and 23% Republican.

 

About 40% of adults in Fort Columbus Airport typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Columbus Airport, ~31% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fort Columbus Airport compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Fort Columbus Airport leans more Democratic than 3 of 21 neighbors.

Fort Columbus Airport runs about 66 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Fort Columbus Airport is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Fort Columbus Airport. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+63) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (Even), a spread of about 62 points.

Why Fort Columbus Airport 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 Fort Columbus Airport, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Fort Columbus Airport votes against the grain of Ohio. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Fort Columbus Airport runs about 66 points more Democratic.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Columbus Airport, Columbus, OH sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Fort Columbus Airport looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Columbus Airport is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 46%, about 15 points below the Ohio average of 61%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 69% of households in Fort Columbus Airport rent, compared to around 53% in nearby neighborhoods. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 39% of adults in Fort Columbus Airport report food insecurity, above 92% of neighborhoods. 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.