Kew Ggardens leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Kew Ggardens typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kew Ggardens, ~26% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kew Ggardens compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Kew Ggardens leans more Democratic than 14 of 34 neighbors.
Kew Ggardens runs about 4 points more Republican than New York as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Kew Ggardens. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+39) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+29), a spread of about 67 points.
Why Kew Ggardens leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Kew Ggardens, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Kew Ggardens live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Kew Ggardens, Queens, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Kew Ggardens looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 8% of homes in Kew Ggardens have more than one occupant per room, above 88% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Forest Hills, Queens, NY D+20
- Jamaica, Queens, NY D+36
- Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY D+5
- Richmond Hill, Queens, NY D+18
- Rego Park, Queens, NY D+4
- Corona, Queens, NY D+14
- Flushing, Queens, NY Even
- Woodhaven, Queens, NY D+9
- Auburndale, Queens, NY R+2
- Hollis, Queens, NY D+49
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Fort Green, Brooklyn, NY D+78
- Northeast, El Paso, TX D+14
- Bedford Park, Bronx, NY D+33
- South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ D+7
- Wedgwood, Fort Worth, TX D+21
- Northwest Raleigh, Raleigh, NC D+34
- Northeast Raleigh, Raleigh, NC D+46
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA D+51
- Central City, Corpus Christi, TX D+20
- Hickory Ridge-South Riverdale, Memphis, TN D+77
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.