Point Lookout, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Point Lookout

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

Point Lookout is a true toss-up. About 50% of voters here vote Democratic and 50% Republican.

 

About 98% of adults in Point Lookout typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Point Lookout, ~49% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Point Lookout compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Point Lookout sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 100 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 66 leaning the other way.

Point Lookout runs about 12 points more Republican than New York as a whole.

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

Density pulls a place toward Democrats and a high white share pulls it toward Republicans. In Point Lookout the two roughly cancel.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Point Lookout, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Point Lookout looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Point Lookout 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Point Lookout have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board 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.