Orwell is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Orwell typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Orwell, ~13% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Orwell compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Orwell leans more Republican than 67 of 95 neighbors.
Orwell runs about 40 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Orwell 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 Orwell, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Orwell, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Ohio average of 23%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Orwell, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Orwell looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Orwell 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 Orwell report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 73% of adults in Orwell have completed high school, below 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Sentinel, OH R+54
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- Pleasant Hills, MD R+17
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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.