Greenhurst, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Greenhurst

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

Greenhurst leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 84% of adults in Greenhurst typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greenhurst, ~38% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Greenhurst compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Greenhurst leans more Republican than 6 of 95 neighbors.

Greenhurst runs about 23 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Greenhurst is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Greenhurst. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+16) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+5), a spread of about 11 points.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Greenhurst drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Greenhurst are family households, above 78% of cities. Greenhurst runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Why turnout in Greenhurst looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Greenhurst 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Greenhurst have completed high school, above 91% 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 New York State Board 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.