St. Johns is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 80% of adults in St. Johns typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in St. Johns, ~12% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How St. Johns compares
Among cities within 25 miles, St. Johns leans more Republican than 49 of 83 neighbors.
St. Johns runs about 59 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why St. Johns 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 St. Johns, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In St. Johns, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in St. Johns drive to work alone, above 90% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; St. Johns, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in St. Johns looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in St. Johns own their home, about 16 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
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- Cabery, IL R+57
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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.