Kinsmith, Cleveland, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kinsmith

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

Kinsmith is a Democratic stronghold. About 91% of voters here vote Democratic and 9% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Kinsmith typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kinsmith, ~44% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kinsmith compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Kinsmith leans more Democratic than 12 of 22 neighbors.

Kinsmith runs about 93 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Kinsmith is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Kinsmith live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 74% of adults in Kinsmith have never been married, above 98% of neighborhoods. Kinsmith runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Kinsmith, Cleveland, OH sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Kinsmith looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Kinsmith is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 39%, about 23 points below the Ohio average of 61%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 78% of households in Kinsmith rent, compared to around 63% in nearby neighborhoods. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 55% of adults in Kinsmith report food insecurity, in the top fraction of neighborhoods. 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 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.