Butlers Crossroads leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Butlers Crossroads typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Butlers Crossroads, ~19% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Butlers Crossroads compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Butlers Crossroads leans more Republican than 37 of 54 neighbors.
Butlers Crossroads runs about 32 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Butlers Crossroads. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+39) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+10), a spread of about 29 points.
Why Butlers Crossroads 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 Butlers Crossroads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Butlers Crossroads hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the North Carolina average of 27%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Butlers Crossroads, NC sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Butlers Crossroads looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Butlers Crossroads is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 50%, about 11 points below the North Carolina average of 61%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 45% of households in Butlers Crossroads rent, compared to around 24% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 31% of adults in Butlers Crossroads report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Piney Ridge, NC R+30
- Taylors Bridge, NC R+20
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- Clinton, NC R+9
- Ingold, NC R+23
- Waycross, NC R+16
- Turkey, NC R+12
- Delway, NC R+16
- Mintz, NC R+13
- Parkersburg, NC R+18
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Hennepin, IL R+30
- Lake Michigan Beach, MI R+26
- Sanostee, NM D+26
- Paradise Hill, OH R+54
- Wattensaw, AR R+66
- Montrose, AL R+47
- Bellefonte, KY R+31
- Waveland, IN R+61
- Genesee, PA R+63
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board of 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.