Commerce Township leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.
About 96% of adults in Commerce Township typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Commerce Township, ~41% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~4% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Commerce Township compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Commerce Township leans more Republican than 56 of 84 neighbors.
Commerce Township runs about 13 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Commerce Township. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+18) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+7), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Commerce Township 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 Commerce Township, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Commerce Township votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 63%, far above the Michigan average of 31%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Commerce Township are family households, above 91% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Commerce Township, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Commerce Township looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Commerce Township 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Commerce Township own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Commerce Township have completed high school, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Wolverine Lake, MI R+9
- Walled Lake, MI R+3
- White Lake, MI R+20
- Wixom, MI D+12
- West Bloomfield, MI D+14
- Orchard Lake Village, MI R+7
- Milford, MI R+15
- Waterford, MI R+6
- Highland, MI R+26
- Novi, MI D+14
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fort Walton Beach, FL R+27
- Webster Groves, MO D+38
- Conover, NC R+39
- Northfield, MN D+24
- Zachary, LA Even
- King George, VA R+23
- Kaukauna, WI R+24
- Antioch, IL R+8
- Trotwood, OH D+64
- Plainview, TX R+40
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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.