Ocean Ridge, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Ocean Ridge

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

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

 

About 82% of adults in Ocean Ridge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ocean Ridge, ~32% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Ocean Ridge compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Ocean Ridge leans more Republican than 40 of 49 neighbors.

Ocean Ridge runs about 8 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.

Why Ocean Ridge 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 Ocean Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Ocean Ridge votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 48%, modestly below the Florida average of 57%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ocean Ridge 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Ocean Ridge have completed high school, above 95% 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 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.