Mid-Westside, Jacksonville, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mid-Westside

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

Mid-Westside is a Democratic stronghold. About 91% of voters here vote Democratic and 9% Republican.

 

About 46% of adults in Mid-Westside typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mid-Westside, ~42% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mid-Westside compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Mid-Westside leans more Democratic than 21 of 23 neighbors.

Mid-Westside runs about 95 points more Democratic than Florida as a whole. Florida leans Republican overall, while Mid-Westside is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Mid-Westside leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Mid-Westside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Mid-Westside is about 5%, about 67 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 52% of adults in Mid-Westside have never been married, above 84% of neighborhoods. Mid-Westside runs against the grain of Florida, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Mid-Westside, Jacksonville, FL does.

Why turnout in Mid-Westside looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mid-Westside is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 31%, about 26 points below the Florida average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 68% of households in Mid-Westside rent, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Mid-Westside sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 Florida Division 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.