Saint Claire-Superior, Cleveland, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Saint Claire-Superior

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

Saint Claire-Superior is a Democratic stronghold. About 88% of voters here vote Democratic and 12% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Saint Claire-Superior typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Saint Claire-Superior, ~42% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Saint Claire-Superior compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Saint Claire-Superior leans more Democratic than 6 of 18 neighbors.

Saint Claire-Superior runs about 87 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Saint Claire-Superior is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Saint Claire-Superior. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+85) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+62), a spread of about 23 points.

Why Saint Claire-Superior leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Saint Claire-Superior, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Saint Claire-Superior live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in Saint Claire-Superior have never been married, above 88% of neighborhoods. Saint Claire-Superior runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Saint Claire-Superior, Cleveland, OH sits in the bottom 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 Saint Claire-Superior looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 45% of adults in Saint Claire-Superior report food insecurity, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Saint Claire-Superior sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Saint Claire-Superior sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 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.