Kirtland, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kirtland

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

Kirtland leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.

 

About 93% of adults in Kirtland typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kirtland, ~37% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kirtland compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Kirtland leans more Republican than 63 of 101 neighbors.

Kirtland runs about 10 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Kirtland. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+26) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+16), a spread of about 10 points.

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

Kirtland votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 37%, above 83% of cities). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Kirtland, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Kirtland looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kirtland 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Kirtland own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. 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.