Shawnee Hills, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Shawnee Hills

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

Shawnee Hills leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 94% of adults in Shawnee Hills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shawnee Hills, ~44% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Shawnee Hills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Shawnee Hills leans more Republican than 22 of 92 neighbors.

Shawnee Hills runs about 6 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shawnee Hills. The northwest side is the most split-leaning (R+13) and the east side is the least split-leaning (R+2), a spread of about 10 points.

Why Shawnee Hills 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 Shawnee Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Shawnee Hills votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 69%, far above the Ohio average of 34%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Shawnee Hills are family households, above 91% of cities.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Shawnee Hills, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Shawnee Hills looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shawnee Hills 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 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Shawnee Hills own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Shawnee Hills have completed high school, above 93% of cities. 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.