Edgerton leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 93% of adults in Edgerton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Edgerton, ~32% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Edgerton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Edgerton leans more Republican than 26 of 61 neighbors.
Edgerton runs about 30 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Edgerton 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 Edgerton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 85% of households in Edgerton are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Edgerton drive to work alone, above 81% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Edgerton, MI 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 Edgerton looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Edgerton 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Edgerton own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Edgerton have completed high school, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cedar Springs, MI R+29
- Rockford, MI R+16
- Sparta, MI R+26
- Belmont, MI R+18
- Evans, MI R+36
- Sand Lake, MI R+43
- Kent City, MI R+40
- Cannonsburg, MI R+17
- Northview, MI R+3
- Comstock Park, MI R+6
Cities with Similar Populations
- Diamond Springs, MI R+46
- Dudley, GA R+53
- Indian Mills, NJ R+31
- DeFord, MI R+51
- Chili, WI R+45
- Denver, OH R+62
- Goldston, NC R+40
- State Farm, VA R+22
- Loami, IL R+42
- Touchet, WA R+56
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.