Glen Osborne, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Glen Osborne

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

Glen Osborne leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Glen Osborne typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glen Osborne, ~60% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~-4% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Glen Osborne compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Glen Osborne leans more Democratic than 184 of 223 neighbors.

Glen Osborne runs about 18 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Glen Osborne sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Why Glen Osborne 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 Glen Osborne, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 73% of adults in Glen Osborne hold a bachelor's degree, about 45 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Glen Osborne sits in the top fifth on density (about 53%, above 88% of cities). A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 30% of adults in Glen Osborne have never been married, above 75% of cities.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Glen Osborne, PA sits in the top tenth 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 Glen Osborne looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Glen Osborne is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Glen Osborne own their home, compared to around 78% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau 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.