Shelburne Falls, MA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Shelburne Falls

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

Shelburne Falls leans heavily Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.

 

About 86% of adults in Shelburne Falls typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shelburne Falls, ~56% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Shelburne Falls compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Shelburne Falls leans more Democratic than 67 of 111 neighbors.

Shelburne Falls runs about 6 points more Democratic than Massachusetts as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shelburne Falls. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+46) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+17), a spread of about 28 points.

Why Shelburne Falls 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 Shelburne Falls, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 47% of adults in Shelburne Falls hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Shelburne Falls, MA 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 Shelburne Falls looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shelburne Falls 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. 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 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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.