Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis, MO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Skinker-Debaliviere

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

Skinker-Debaliviere is a Democratic stronghold. About 89% of voters here vote Democratic and 11% Republican.

 

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

How Skinker-Debaliviere compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Skinker-Debaliviere leans more Democratic than 15 of 23 neighbors.

Skinker-Debaliviere runs about 97 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Skinker-Debaliviere is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Skinker-Debaliviere. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+87) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+67), a spread of about 19 points.

Why Skinker-Debaliviere 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 Skinker-Debaliviere, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 78% of adults in Skinker-Debaliviere hold a bachelor's degree, about 50 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Skinker-Debaliviere sits in the top fifth on density (more than 99%, above 89% of neighborhoods). Skinker-Debaliviere runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis, MO sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Skinker-Debaliviere looks the way it does

Strong routine healthcare access lines up with higher turnout, and Skinker-Debaliviere sits in the top quarter on routine-care measures. 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 Missouri 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.