Mckees Rocks, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mckees Rocks

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

Mckees Rocks leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Mckees Rocks typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mckees Rocks, ~46% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mckees Rocks compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mckees Rocks leans more Democratic than 189 of 230 neighbors.

Mckees Rocks runs about 17 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Mckees Rocks sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mckees Rocks. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+57) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (Even), a spread of about 57 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. About 81% of residents in Mckees Rocks live in densely developed areas, about 45 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 44% of adults in Mckees Rocks have never been married, above 96% of cities. Mckees Rocks runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Mckees Rocks, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Mckees Rocks looks the way it does

Turnout in Mckees Rocks 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.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of 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.