Philo is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Philo typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Philo, ~13% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Philo compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Philo leans more Republican than 48 of 102 neighbors.
Philo runs about 48 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Philo 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 Philo, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 6% of adults in Philo hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 87% of residents in Philo drive to work alone, above 87% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Philo, OH sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Philo looks the way it does
Turnout in Philo sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.