Strawberry Hill is a Democratic stronghold. About 89% of voters here vote Democratic and 11% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Strawberry Hill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Strawberry Hill, ~66% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Strawberry Hill compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Strawberry Hill leans more Democratic than 46 of 51 neighbors.
Strawberry Hill runs about 53 points more Democratic than Massachusetts as a whole.
Why Strawberry Hill 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 Strawberry Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 81% of adults in Strawberry Hill hold a bachelor's degree, about 52 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Strawberry Hill, Cambridge, MA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Strawberry Hill looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Strawberry Hill 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 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Strawberry Hill have completed high school, above 81% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- East Watertown, Watertown Town, MA D+62
- Cushing Square, Belmont, MA D+67
- West Cambridge, Cambridge, MA D+78
- Neighborhood Nine, Cambridge, MA D+78
- North Cambridge, Cambridge, MA D+71
- Waverley Square, Belmont, MA D+62
- Avon Hill, Cambridge, MA D+79
- Faneuil, Brighton, MA D+62
- Bemis, Watertown Town, MA D+50
- Aggasiz-Harvard, Cambridge, MA D+78
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- La Cresta-Alta Vista, Bakersfield, CA R+14
- La Colonia, Oxnard, CA D+39
- Knollwood, Kalamazoo, MI D+42
- Shoreview, San Mateo, CA D+44
- Abilene Heights Area, Abilene, TX R+24
- Fort des Moines, Des Moines, IA D+17
- Wesconnett, Jacksonville, FL D+10
- Bayside West, Tampa, FL Even
- Camden, Salisbury, MD D+26
- Apollo Arapaho and Camelot, Garland, TX D+16
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.