Pickerington, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pickerington

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

Pickerington is a true toss-up. About 51% of voters here vote Democratic and 49% Republican.

 

About 91% of adults in Pickerington typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pickerington, ~46% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pickerington compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pickerington sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 85 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 19 leaning the other way.

Pickerington runs about 14 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Pickerington sits closer to the political middle.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pickerington. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+21) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+25), a spread of about 46 points.

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

Pickerington votes against the grain of Ohio. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Pickerington runs about 14 points more Democratic.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Pickerington, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Pickerington looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pickerington 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pickerington have completed high school, above 84% of cities. 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.