Yellow Springs, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Yellow Springs

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

Yellow Springs leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.

 

About 87% of adults in Yellow Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yellow Springs, ~61% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Yellow Springs compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Yellow Springs leans more Democratic than 99 of 101 neighbors.

Yellow Springs runs about 52 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Yellow Springs is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Yellow Springs. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+71) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+5), a spread of about 76 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Yellow Springs hold a bachelor's degree, about 30 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Yellow Springs sits in the top fifth on density (about 52%, above 87% of cities). Yellow Springs runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Yellow Springs, OH sits in the top quarter 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 Yellow Springs looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Yellow Springs 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Yellow Springs have completed high school, above 88% 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 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.