Duffies leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Duffies typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Duffies, ~30% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Duffies compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Duffies leans more Democratic than 52 of 60 neighbors.
Duffies runs about 10 points more Democratic than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Duffies. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+24) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+13), a spread of about 37 points.
Why Duffies 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 Duffies, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 43% of adults in Duffies have never been married, modestly above similar-sized cities (around 29%).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Duffies, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Duffies looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Duffies 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 46%, about 14 points below the North Carolina average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 34% of adults in Duffies report food insecurity, above 97% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 75% of adults in Duffies have completed high school, below 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Prospect, NC R+27
- Shannon, NC R+23
- Maxton, NC R+11
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- Lessley, MS D+23
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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.