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

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

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

 

About 64% of adults in Belmont typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Belmont, ~60% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Belmont compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Belmont leans more Democratic than 29 of 38 neighbors.

Belmont runs about 89 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Belmont sits clearly on the Democratic side.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Belmont live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 60% of adults in Belmont have never been married, above 93% of neighborhoods. Belmont 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; Belmont, 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 Belmont looks the way it does

Turnout in Belmont sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.