Gomer, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Gomer

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

Gomer is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

About 86% of adults in Gomer typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gomer, ~12% vote Democratic, ~74% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gomer compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gomer leans more Republican than 82 of 86 neighbors.

Gomer runs about 62 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Gomer, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Gomer drive to work alone, above 89% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Gomer are family households, above 87% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Gomer, OH sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Gomer looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Gomer 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 65%, above 69% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Gomer own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Gomer have completed high school, above 96% of cities. 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.