Lawco is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Lawco typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lawco, ~11% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lawco compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lawco leans more Republican than 75 of 93 neighbors.
Lawco runs about 54 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Lawco 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 Lawco, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lawco, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 89% of residents in Lawco drive to work alone, above 91% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Lawco are family households, above 95% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Lawco, OH sits below the national average on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Lawco looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Lawco own their home, about 13 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Hanging Rock, OH R+59
- Worthington, KY R+47
- Franklin Furnace, OH R+56
- Ellisonville, OH R+68
- Haverhill, OH R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Huffman, TN R+75
- Howland, TX R+77
- Indian Grove, MO R+68
- Hopewell, OR R+32
- Rosenburg, NE R+82
- Zone, OH R+62
- Nashville, OH R+65
- Musselfork, MO R+68
- Petersburg, ND R+42
- Napier, WV R+56
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.