Vigo is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Vigo typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Vigo, ~14% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Vigo compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Vigo leans more Republican than 38 of 82 neighbors.
Vigo runs about 47 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Vigo 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 Vigo, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Vigo hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Vigo drive to work alone, above 91% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Vigo, OH sits in the bottom tenth 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 Vigo looks the way it does
Turnout in Vigo sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Gambell, AK D+33
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- Kingston, MN R+54
- McKay, OH R+62
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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.