Lower Salem, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lower Salem

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

Lower Salem is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 70% of adults in Lower Salem typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lower Salem, ~12% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lower Salem compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Lower Salem leans more Republican than 63 of 98 neighbors.

Lower Salem runs about 54 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lower Salem, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Ohio average of 23%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Lower Salem, OH sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Lower Salem looks the way it does

Turnout in Lower Salem sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.