West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in West Boulevard

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

West Boulevard leans heavily Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.

 

About 37% of adults in West Boulevard typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in West Boulevard, ~24% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How West Boulevard compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, West Boulevard leans more Democratic than 8 of 16 neighbors.

West Boulevard runs about 41 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while West Boulevard is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within West Boulevard. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+39) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+23), a spread of about 17 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in West Boulevard 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 49% of adults in West Boulevard have never been married, above 80% of neighborhoods. West Boulevard runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in West Boulevard looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. West Boulevard 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 47%, about 14 points below the Ohio average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 35% of adults in West Boulevard report food insecurity, above 88% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and West Boulevard sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 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.