Olyphant leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Olyphant typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Olyphant, ~41% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Olyphant compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Olyphant leans more Republican than 20 of 142 neighbors.
Olyphant runs about 5 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Olyphant. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+26), a spread of about 28 points.
Why Olyphant 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 Olyphant, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Olyphant votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 56%, well above the Pennsylvania average of 33%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Olyphant, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Olyphant looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Olyphant have completed high school, about 7 points above the Pennsylvania average of 91%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Blakely, PA Even
- Dickson City, PA Even
- Jessup, PA D+3
- Throop, PA R+4
- Archbald, PA R+4
- Dunmore, PA D+11
- Jermyn, PA R+13
- Clarks Green, PA D+8
- Clarks Summit, PA Even
- Scott, PA R+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Chester, MD R+23
- Edgefield, SC R+6
- Derwood, MD D+38
- Burgaw, NC R+25
- Hillsboro, NH R+15
- Gooding, ID R+51
- Mitchell, IN R+52
- Kingfisher, OK R+56
- Walworth, NY R+22
- Blanchester, OH R+60
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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.