Lees Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Lees Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lees Creek, ~11% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lees Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lees Creek leans more Republican than 89 of 99 neighbors.
Lees Creek runs about 58 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Lees Creek 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 Lees Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 89% of residents in Lees Creek drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Lees Creek are family households, above 94% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Lees Creek, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Lees Creek looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Lees Creek have completed high school, about 7 points above the Ohio average of 91%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Memphis, OH R+68
- Reesville, OH R+66
- New Antioch, OH R+68
- Sabina, OH R+63
- Melvin, OH R+66
- Jonesboro, OH R+67
- Highland, OH R+68
- Samantha, OH R+65
- New Vienna, OH R+65
- Leesburg, OH R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Duck Creek Village, UT R+52
- Castana, IA R+49
- Trent Mill, VA R+18
- Verdery, SC R+25
- Merwin, MO R+68
- Chandler Heights, AZ R+20
- Engle Mill, MD R+52
- Mill River, MA D+28
- Lamasco, TX R+78
- Guilford, IL R+29
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.