Beaver Island leans slightly Democratic by roughly 12 points: about 56% of voters vote Democratic and 44% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Beaver Island typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Beaver Island, ~44% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Beaver Island compares
Beaver Island runs about 14 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Beaver Island sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Beaver Island 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 Beaver Island, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 51% of adults in Beaver Island hold a bachelor's degree, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Beaver Island runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Beaver Island, MI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Beaver Island looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Beaver Island 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Beaver Island own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Beaver Island have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Burgess, MI R+10
- Charlevoix, MI R+10
- Harbor Springs, MI R+3
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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.