Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Spring Garden

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

Spring Garden is a Democratic stronghold. About 85% of voters here vote Democratic and 15% Republican.

 

About 82% of adults in Spring Garden typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spring Garden, ~70% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Spring Garden compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Spring Garden leans more Democratic than 28 of 53 neighbors.

Spring Garden runs about 73 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Spring Garden sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Spring Garden. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+77) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+64), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Spring Garden 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 Spring Garden, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 80% of adults in Spring Garden hold a bachelor's degree, about 51 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 56% of adults in Spring Garden have never been married, above 90% of neighborhoods. Spring Garden 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; Spring Garden, 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 Spring Garden looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Spring Garden 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Spring Garden have completed high school, above 85% of neighborhoods. 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 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.