Mount Hope is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Mount Hope typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Hope, ~4% vote Democratic, ~34% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Hope compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Hope leans more Republican than 88 of 95 neighbors.
Mount Hope runs about 64 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of adults in Mount Hope hold a bachelor's degree, about 23 points below the Ohio average of 23%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 91% of households in Mount Hope are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Mount Hope, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Mount Hope looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mount Hope is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Mount Hope report food insecurity, above 84% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Mount Hope sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fryburg, OH R+80
- Fredericksburg, OH R+73
- Winesburg, OH R+81
- Bunker Hill, OH R+72
- Mount Eaton, OH R+76
- Benton, OH R+75
- Dundee, OH R+73
- Berlin, OH R+74
- Walnut Creek, OH R+78
- Wilmot, OH R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Accomac, VA R+12
- Curtiss, WI R+48
- Allenwood, PA R+66
- Yeagertown, PA R+51
- Danville, VT Even
- Wilson, WI R+42
- Mount Crested Butte, CO D+57
- McGregor, IA R+32
- Forest, LA R+76
- Roosevelt, MN R+55
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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.