Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista is a Democratic stronghold. About 80% of voters here vote Democratic and 20% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista, ~58% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista leans more Democratic than 11 of 44 neighbors.
Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista runs about 62 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+73) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+49), a spread of about 25 points.
Why Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista 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 Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista sits in the top quarter (about 58%, above 79% of neighborhoods). Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista, Philadelphia, PA sits in the top 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 Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista looks the way it does
Turnout in Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista 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.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Pennsport-Whitman-Queen, Philadelphia, PA D+42
- Bella Vista, Philadelphia, PA D+76
- Point Breeze-Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA D+73
- South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA D+22
- Schuylkill Southwest, Philadelphia, PA D+79
- Girard Estates, Philadelphia, PA D+17
- City Center East, Philadelphia, PA D+71
- Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA D+67
- City Center West, Philadelphia, PA D+70
- Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA D+61
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Rochdale Village, Queens, NY D+83
- South Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA D+12
- West Park, Irvine, CA D+14
- Upper Roseville, Newark, NJ D+23
- Prospect Hill, San Antonio, TX D+39
- Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA D+27
- Cedar Brook, Philadelphia, PA D+90
- Midway, Escondido, CA D+14
- Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, CA D+36
- Battle Creek, St. Paul, MN D+39
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau 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.