Northwest Akron, Akron, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Northwest Akron

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

Northwest Akron leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.

 

About 90% of adults in Northwest Akron typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Northwest Akron, ~64% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Northwest Akron compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Northwest Akron leans more Democratic than 6 of 15 neighbors.

Northwest Akron runs about 53 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Northwest Akron is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Northwest Akron. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+58) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+30), a spread of about 28 points.

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

Northwest Akron votes against the grain of Ohio. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Northwest Akron runs about 53 points more Democratic. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Northwest Akron sits in the top quarter (about 59%, above 80% of neighborhoods).

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Northwest Akron 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 86% of households in Northwest Akron own their home, compared to around 39% in nearby neighborhoods. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Northwest Akron have completed high school, above 87% of neighborhoods. 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.