Wabash, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wabash

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Wabash is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 84% of adults in Wabash typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wabash, ~10% vote Democratic, ~74% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wabash compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Wabash leans more Republican than 76 of 90 neighbors.

Wabash runs about 65 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.

Why Wabash 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 Wabash, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Wabash, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 96% of residents in Wabash drive to work alone, in the top fraction of cities.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Wabash, OH sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Wabash looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Wabash own their home, about 14 points above the Ohio average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.