Union-Miles Park is a Democratic stronghold. About 93% of voters here vote Democratic and 7% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Union-Miles Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Union-Miles Park, ~51% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Union-Miles Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Union-Miles Park leans more Democratic than 13 of 17 neighbors.
Union-Miles Park runs about 98 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Union-Miles Park is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Union-Miles Park 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 Union-Miles Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Union-Miles Park live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 61% of adults in Union-Miles Park have never been married, above 94% of neighborhoods. Union-Miles Park runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Union-Miles Park, Cleveland, OH sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Union-Miles Park looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 39% of adults in Union-Miles Park report food insecurity, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 16%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Union-Miles Park sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Mt Pleasant, Cleveland, OH D+87
- South Broadway, Cleveland, OH D+53
- Corlett, Cleveland, OH D+89
- Woodland Hills, Cleveland, OH D+86
- Kinsmith, Cleveland, OH D+82
- North Broadway, Cleveland, OH D+55
- Buckeye-Shaker, Cleveland, OH D+83
- Lee-Miles, Cleveland, OH D+88
- Fairfax, Cleveland, OH D+87
- Central, Cleveland, OH D+78
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Rancho Sahuarita, Sahuarita, AZ R+5
- Fairview, Camden, NJ D+55
- Cherry Hill, Brooklyn, MD D+82
- Central Carrollton, Carrollton, TX D+8
- Woodley Park, Washington, DC D+80
- Downtown St Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL D+15
- Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA D+61
- Downtown, Baltimore, MD D+75
- Northgate, San Rafael, CA D+41
- Beechmont, Louisville, KY D+24
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.