Wesley Hills, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wesley Hills

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

Wesley Hills is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.

 

About 85% of adults in Wesley Hills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wesley Hills, ~17% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wesley Hills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Wesley Hills leans more Republican than 253 of 257 neighbors.

Wesley Hills runs about 72 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Wesley Hills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wesley Hills. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+79) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 55 points.

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

Wesley Hills votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 75%, far above the New York average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 93% of households in Wesley Hills are family households, in the top fraction of cities. Wesley Hills runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Wesley Hills, NY sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Wesley Hills looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wesley Hills 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Wesley Hills own their home, compared to around 62% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of 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.