Aviation, Detroit, MI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Aviation

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

Aviation is a Democratic stronghold. About 94% of voters here vote Democratic and 6% Republican.

 

About 78% of adults in Aviation typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Aviation, ~73% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Aviation compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Aviation leans more Democratic than 37 of 38 neighbors.

Aviation runs about 90 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Aviation sits clearly on the Democratic side.

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

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Aviation is about 4%, about 69 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 53% of adults in Aviation have never been married, above 86% of neighborhoods. Aviation runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Aviation, Detroit, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Aviation looks the way it does

Turnout in Aviation sits close to the national pattern. 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 Michigan Department 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.