Gove Street leans heavily Democratic by roughly 50 points: about 75% of voters vote Democratic and 25% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Gove Street typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gove Street, ~31% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gove Street compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Gove Street leans more Democratic than 7 of 38 neighbors.
Gove Street runs about 25 points more Democratic than Massachusetts as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Gove Street. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+59) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+38), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Gove Street 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 Gove Street, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Gove Street have never been married, well above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 38%).
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Gove Street, Boston, MA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Gove Street looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 78% of households in Gove Street rent, about 53 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 10% of homes in Gove Street have more than one occupant per room, above 92% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Gove Street sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Waterfront, Boston, MA D+45
- Day Square, Boston, MA D+43
- East Boston, Boston, MA D+38
- Dock Square, Boston, MA D+53
- Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA D+61
- Central, Boston, MA D+53
- East Cambridge, Cambridge, MA D+65
- South Boston, Boston, MA D+48
- Back Bay, Boston, MA D+62
- Dorchester Heights, Boston, MA D+51
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Seward Park, Seattle, WA D+74
- Snow Woods, Dearborn, MI Even
- College Park, Orlando, FL D+14
- Princeton Heights, St. Louis, MO D+42
- Bushrod, Oakland, CA D+85
- Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA D+61
- Bridgeton, Woodbridge, NJ D+4
- Delhi, Santa Ana, CA D+33
- Bordeaux, Nashville, TN D+65
- Richfield, Clifton, NJ D+8
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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.