Rye Beach leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Rye Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rye Beach, ~36% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rye Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rye Beach leans more Republican than 11 of 62 neighbors.
Rye Beach runs about 10 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Rye Beach 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 Rye Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rye Beach votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 25%, modestly below the Ohio average of 34%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Rye Beach, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Rye Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rye Beach 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Rye Beach own their home, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Rye Beach have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Bogart, OH R+19
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- Heidelberg Beach, OH R+28
- Sandusky, OH Even
- Shinrock, OH R+38
- Milan, OH R+35
- Bloomingville, OH R+40
- Berlin Heights, OH R+36
- Berlinville, OH R+39
- Venice, OH R+39
Cities with Similar Populations
- Amoy, OH R+57
- Dora, NM R+77
- Galen, MT R+42
- Gemmell, MN R+41
- Gibbonsville, ID R+61
- Rivervale, AR R+70
- Bergoo, WV R+66
- Cottonwood Corner, AR R+60
- Junius, SD R+50
- Cortez, PA R+36
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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.