Mendon, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mendon

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

Mendon leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.

 

About 93% of adults in Mendon typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mendon, ~49% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mendon compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mendon leans more Democratic than 94 of 111 neighbors.

Mendon runs about 7 points more Republican than New York as a whole.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 66% of adults in Mendon hold a bachelor's degree, about 38 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mendon, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Mendon looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mendon 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Mendon own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Mendon have completed high school, above 91% of cities. 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 New York State Board 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.