Kennett Square, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kennett Square

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

Kennett Square leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.

 

About 83% of adults in Kennett Square typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kennett Square, ~49% vote Democratic, ~34% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kennett Square compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Kennett Square leans more Democratic than 120 of 180 neighbors.

Kennett Square runs about 19 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Kennett Square sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Kennett Square. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+25) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+7), a spread of about 18 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 56% of adults in Kennett Square hold a bachelor's degree, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Kennett Square sits in the top fifth on density (about 56%, above 89% of cities). Kennett Square runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Kennett Square, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Kennett Square looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kennett Square 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. 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 Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau 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.