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

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

Burbank is a Democratic stronghold. About 89% of voters here vote Democratic and 11% Republican.

 

About 71% of adults in Burbank typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Burbank, ~63% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Burbank compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Burbank leans more Democratic than 2 of 19 neighbors.

Burbank runs about 80 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Burbank sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Burbank. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+85) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+73), a spread of about 12 points.

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

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Burbank is about 10%, about 62 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 62% of adults in Burbank have never been married, above 94% of neighborhoods. Burbank 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; Burbank, Detroit, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Burbank looks the way it does

Turnout in Burbank 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.