The Greater Ville is a Democratic stronghold. About 93% of voters here vote Democratic and 7% Republican.
About 41% of adults in The Greater Ville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in The Greater Ville, ~38% vote Democratic, ~3% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How The Greater Ville compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, The Greater Ville leans more Democratic than 24 of 26 neighbors.
The Greater Ville runs about 105 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while The Greater Ville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why The Greater Ville 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 The Greater Ville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in The Greater Ville live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. The Greater Ville runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; The Greater Ville, St. Louis, MO sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in The Greater Ville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. The Greater Ville is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 38%, about 19 points below the Missouri average of 57%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 49% of adults in The Greater Ville report food insecurity, above 98% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and The Greater Ville sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- O'Fallon, St. Louis, MO D+87
- Penrose, St. Louis, MO D+86
- Jeff-Vander-Lou, St. Louis, MO D+84
- Grand Center, St. Louis, MO D+74
- Central West End, St. Louis, MO D+69
- Midtown St. Louis, St. Louis, MO D+71
- Mark Twain, St. Louis, MO D+85
- Wells-Goodfellow, St. Louis, MO D+86
- Debaliviere Place, St. Louis, MO D+81
- Forest Park Southeast, St. Louis, MO D+73
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Brandywine, Broomfield, CO D+24
- Rivers Bend Estates, Lafayette, LA R+43
- Arcadia, Kalamazoo, MI D+43
- Upper Falls, Rochester, NY D+59
- Myers, Tucson, AZ D+24
- Channelside, Tampa, FL Even
- Sharyland Plantation, Mission, TX R+6
- Downer Woods, Milwaukee, WI D+55
- Berkshire Lakes, Naples, FL R+15
- Bingham, Springfield, MO R+3
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.