Roselms is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Roselms typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Roselms, ~11% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Roselms compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Roselms leans more Republican than 51 of 78 neighbors.
Roselms runs about 57 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Roselms 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 Roselms, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Roselms, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Ohio average of 23%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Roselms are family households, above 83% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Roselms, 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 Roselms looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Roselms own their home, about 14 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Cloverdale, OH R+73
- Oakwood, OH R+61
- Haviland, OH R+65
- Middle Point, OH R+71
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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.