Othello leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Othello typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Othello, ~18% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Othello compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Othello is the least Republican-leaning.
Othello runs about 45 points more Republican than Washington as a whole. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Othello is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Othello. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+48) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+16), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Othello 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 Othello, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Othello votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 38%, above 83% of cities). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Othello are family households, above 93% of cities. Othello runs against the grain of Washington, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Othello, WA 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 Othello looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Othello 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 48%, about 17 points below the Washington average of 65%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Othello rent, above 87% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 60% of adults in Othello have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Warden, WA R+38
- McDonald, WA R+60
- Mesa, WA R+61
- Cunningham, WA R+60
- Smyrna, WA R+57
- Hatton, WA R+61
- Connell, WA R+47
- Royal City, WA R+58
- Moses Lake, WA R+31
- Wheeler, WA R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- St. Matthews, KY D+27
- Woodcrest, CA R+17
- Conshohocken, PA D+26
- Wolf Trap, VA D+36
- Watkinsville, GA R+41
- Bluffdale, UT R+40
- Troutdale, OR D+11
- Paris, TN R+44
- North Potomac, MD D+46
- New Richmond, WI R+23
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington 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.