Daytona Beach Shores, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Daytona Beach Shores

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

Daytona Beach Shores leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.

 

About 78% of adults in Daytona Beach Shores typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Daytona Beach Shores, ~32% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Daytona Beach Shores compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Daytona Beach Shores leans more Republican than 4 of 22 neighbors.

Daytona Beach Shores runs about 5 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.

Why Daytona Beach Shores 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 Daytona Beach Shores, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Daytona Beach Shores votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 37%, well below the Florida average of 57%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Daytona Beach Shores, FL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Daytona Beach Shores looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Daytona Beach Shores 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Daytona Beach Shores have completed high school, above 89% of cities. 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 Florida Division 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.