Reno is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Reno typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Reno, ~13% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Reno compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Reno leans more Republican than 35 of 104 neighbors.
Reno runs about 49 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Reno 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 Reno, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Reno, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 91% of residents in Reno drive to work alone, above 95% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Reno are family households, above 80% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Reno, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Reno looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Reno have completed high school, about 7 points above the Ohio average of 91%. 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.