Moreland Hills, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Moreland Hills

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

Moreland Hills leans Democratic by roughly 22 points: about 61% of voters vote Democratic and 39% Republican.

 

About 92% of adults in Moreland Hills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Moreland Hills, ~56% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Moreland Hills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Moreland Hills leans more Democratic than 101 of 125 neighbors.

Moreland Hills runs about 33 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Moreland Hills is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Moreland Hills. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+29) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+8), a spread of about 20 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 72% of adults in Moreland Hills hold a bachelor's degree, about 44 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Moreland Hills sits in the top fifth on density (about 54%, above 88% of cities). Moreland Hills runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Moreland Hills, OH 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 Moreland Hills looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Moreland Hills 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 80%, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Moreland Hills own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Moreland Hills have completed high school, above 98% 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 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.