White Sulphur, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in White Sulphur

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

White Sulphur leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.

 

About 94% of adults in White Sulphur typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in White Sulphur, ~29% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How White Sulphur compares

Among cities within 25 miles, White Sulphur leans more Republican than 32 of 83 neighbors.

White Sulphur runs about 27 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in White Sulphur are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; White Sulphur, OH 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 White Sulphur looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. White Sulphur 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in White Sulphur own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in White Sulphur have completed high school, in the top fraction of 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 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.