Wren, OR Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wren

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

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

 

About 75% of adults in Wren typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wren, ~48% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wren compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Wren leans more Democratic than 46 of 48 neighbors.

Wren runs about 15 points more Democratic than Oregon as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wren. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+41) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+12), a spread of about 29 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 49% of adults in Wren hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Homeownership and voter turnout

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

Why turnout in Wren looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wren 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Wren own their home, compared to around 77% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Wren have completed high school, above 96% of cities. 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 Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, 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.