Kelleys Island leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in Kelleys Island typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kelleys Island, ~40% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~-8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kelleys Island compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kelleys Island leans more Republican than 12 of 33 neighbors.
Kelleys Island runs about 15 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Kelleys Island 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 Kelleys Island, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Kelleys Island votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 29%, modestly below the Ohio average of 34%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Kelleys Island are family households, above 77% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Kelleys Island, OH 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 Kelleys Island looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kelleys Island 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Kelleys Island own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Kelleys Island have completed high school, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lakeside, OH R+17
- Marblehead, OH R+16
- Gem Beach, OH R+25
- Put-in-Bay, OH R+14
- Lakeside-Marblehead, OH R+26
- Middle Bass, OH R+14
- Bay View, OH R+28
- Sandusky, OH Even
- Gypsum, OH R+34
- Port Clinton, OH R+23
Cities with Similar Populations
- Poplar Plains, KY R+61
- Slacks, LA D+11
- Allendorf, IA R+65
- Rutland Center, NY R+36
- Leda, VA R+7
- Jewell Valley, VA R+72
- Julian, NE R+55
- Bloomingville, OH R+40
- Shaw Island, WA D+53
- Boissevain, VA R+62
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.