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

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

Claytown leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.

 

About 41% of adults in Claytown typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Claytown, ~23% vote Democratic, ~17% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Claytown compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Claytown leans more Democratic than 1 of 27 neighbors.

Claytown runs about 18 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Claytown sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Claytown. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+35) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+4), a spread of about 40 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Claytown 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 48% of adults in Claytown have never been married, above 78% of neighborhoods. Claytown 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; Claytown, Detroit, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Claytown looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Claytown 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 41%, about 26 points below the Michigan average of 67%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 52% of adults in Claytown report food insecurity, in the top fraction of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 53% of adults in Claytown have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of neighborhoods. 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.