Keene is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Keene typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Keene, ~10% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Keene compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Keene leans more Republican than 59 of 87 neighbors.
Keene runs about 56 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Keene 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 Keene, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Keene, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Ohio average of 23%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Keene are family households, above 96% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Keene, OH sits below the national average on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Keene looks the way it does
Turnout in Keene sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Blissfield, OH R+64
- Fresno, OH R+67
- Coshocton, OH R+45
- New Bedford, OH R+69
- Layland, OH R+68
- Lake Buckhorn, OH R+70
- Warsaw, OH R+62
- Baltic, OH R+72
- West Lafayette, OH R+57
- Tyndall, OH R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sterling, UT R+63
- Georges Tavern, VA R+34
- Tibbie, AL R+75
- Germfask, MI R+48
- Roberta, OK R+70
- Newry, SC R+39
- Pinedale, MS R+87
- Kimball Stand, NY R+36
- Upper Hominy, NC R+37
- Delano, OH R+54
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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.