Spring Mills is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Spring Mills typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spring Mills, ~13% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spring Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spring Mills leans more Republican than 35 of 84 neighbors.
Spring Mills runs about 68 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Spring Mills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Spring Mills 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 Spring Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Spring Mills, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points below the New York average of 34%. Spring Mills runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Spring Mills, NY sits below the national average 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 Mills looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 5% of homes in Spring Mills have more than one occupant per room, above 87% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Spring Mills have completed high school, below 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Whitesville, NY R+52
- Independence, NY R+47
- Mills, PA R+68
- West Bingham, PA R+68
- Hickox, PA R+61
- Hallsport, NY R+49
- Rexville, NY R+63
- Young Hickory, NY R+65
- Harrison Valley, PA R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Gorin, MO R+70
- Green, KY R+59
- Grafton, IN R+52
- Goodale, CO R+59
- Geridge, AR R+58
- Sharpe, KS R+67
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board 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.