North End leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.
About 43% of adults in North End typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in North End, ~25% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How North End compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, North End is the most Democratic-leaning.
North End runs about 17 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and North End sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why North End 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 North End, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in North End have never been married, modestly above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 45%). North End 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; North End, Wilkes-Barre, PA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in North End looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. North End 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 49%, about 15 points below the Pennsylvania average of 64%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in North End have completed high school, below 76% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Parsons, Wilkes-Barre, PA R+9
- Mayflower, Wilkes-Barre, PA D+12
- Rolling Mill Hill, Wilkes-Barre, PA D+13
- South Side, Scranton, PA D+16
- West Side, Scranton, PA D+8
- Downtown, Scranton, PA D+28
- The Hill Section, Scranton, PA D+23
- Petersburg, Scranton, PA D+20
- Providence, Scranton, PA D+10
- Green Ridge, Scranton, PA D+17
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Eight Mile Wyoming, Detroit, MI D+88
- Six Corners, East Providence, RI D+20
- Weatherby, Detroit, MI D+86
- Owings Mills New Town, Owings Mills, MD D+70
- Jefferson Park, Denver, CO D+57
- Pepperidge, Augusta, GA D+84
- Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL D+5
- Darnestown, Gaithersburg, MD D+25
- Neshaminy Valley, Bensalem, PA Even
- Gardenland, Sacramento, CA D+24
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.