Howlett Hill, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Howlett Hill

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

Howlett Hill leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 90% of adults in Howlett Hill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Howlett Hill, ~42% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Howlett Hill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Howlett Hill leans more Republican than 32 of 119 neighbors.

Howlett Hill runs about 18 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Howlett Hill is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Howlett Hill drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Howlett Hill are family households, above 89% of cities. Howlett Hill runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Howlett Hill, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Howlett Hill looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Howlett Hill 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Howlett Hill own their home, compared to around 82% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Howlett Hill have completed high school, above 90% of 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 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.