Rehoboth leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 92% of adults in Rehoboth typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rehoboth, ~41% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rehoboth compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rehoboth leans more Republican than 97 of 135 neighbors.
Rehoboth runs about 35 points more Republican than Massachusetts as a whole. Massachusetts leans Democratic overall, while Rehoboth is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Rehoboth 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 Rehoboth, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rehoboth votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 22%, well below the Massachusetts average of 50%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Rehoboth are family households, above 89% of cities. Rehoboth runs against the grain of Massachusetts, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Rehoboth, MA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Rehoboth looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rehoboth 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%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Rehoboth own their home, compared to around 74% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Seekonk, MA Even
- North Dighton, MA R+15
- Rumford, RI D+16
- Dighton, MA R+13
- Attleboro, MA D+7
- East Providence, RI D+12
- Pawtucket, RI D+26
- Swansea, MA R+8
- Riverside, RI D+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Salisbury, NY R+14
- Russellville, KY R+49
- Midway City, CA R+8
- Rock Falls, IL R+16
- Sweetwater, TN R+63
- Lumberton, NJ D+19
- Port St. John, FL R+31
- Alma, AR R+59
- Marion, SC D+26
- Eaton Rapids, MI R+27
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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.