Schuylkill Southwest is a Democratic stronghold. About 90% of voters here vote Democratic and 10% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Schuylkill Southwest typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Schuylkill Southwest, ~76% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Schuylkill Southwest compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Schuylkill Southwest leans more Democratic than 35 of 46 neighbors.
Schuylkill Southwest runs about 81 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Schuylkill Southwest sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Schuylkill Southwest 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 Schuylkill Southwest, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 78% of adults in Schuylkill Southwest hold a bachelor's degree, about 50 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in Schuylkill Southwest have never been married, above 88% of neighborhoods. Schuylkill Southwest runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Schuylkill Southwest, Philadelphia, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Schuylkill Southwest looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Schuylkill Southwest 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA D+67
- Point Breeze-Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA D+73
- City Center West, Philadelphia, PA D+70
- Bella Vista, Philadelphia, PA D+76
- Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista, Philadelphia, PA D+60
- Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, PA D+62
- University City, Philadelphia, PA D+65
- City Center East, Philadelphia, PA D+71
- Girard Estates, Philadelphia, PA D+17
- Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA D+61
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Sandy Beach, Fall River, MA Even
- Sandalwood, Jacksonville, FL R+6
- Westlake-San Francisco, Daly City, CA D+40
- Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA D+78
- Franklin Park, Toledo, OH D+2
- Del Rio, Jacksonville, FL R+20
- Flat Rock Area, Flat Rock, MI R+11
- Sterling Ridge, The Woodlands, TX R+29
- Dayton's Bluff, St. Paul, MN D+46
- Vance Jackson, San Antonio, TX D+20
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of 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.