Beverly Hills leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% Republican.
About 98% of adults in Beverly Hills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Beverly Hills, ~61% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Beverly Hills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Beverly Hills leans more Democratic than 73 of 95 neighbors.
Beverly Hills runs about 26 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Beverly Hills sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Beverly Hills. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+42) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+11), a spread of about 31 points.
Why Beverly Hills 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 Beverly Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 78% of adults in Beverly Hills hold a bachelor's degree, about 50 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Beverly Hills sits in the top fifth on density (about 98%, in the top fraction of cities). Beverly Hills runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Beverly Hills, MI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Beverly Hills looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Beverly Hills 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 82%, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Beverly Hills own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Beverly Hills have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Birmingham, MI D+21
- Bingham Farms, MI D+26
- Lathrup Village, MI D+74
- Southfield, MI D+70
- Berkley, MI D+31
- Franklin, MI D+19
- Bloomfield Hills, MI D+13
- Huntington Woods, MI D+47
- Royal Oak, MI D+32
- Clawson, MI D+13
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bloomingdale, TN R+57
- Nuevo, CA R+22
- Peru, IL R+10
- Jacinto City, TX D+8
- Colts Neck, NJ R+32
- Carthage, NC R+38
- Grinnell, IA Even
- Berkeley Springs, WV R+55
- Elizabeth, PA R+27
- Creswell, OR R+8
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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.