Elmwood Park is a Democratic stronghold. About 94% of voters here vote Democratic and 6% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Elmwood Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Elmwood Park, ~69% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Elmwood Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Elmwood Park is the most Democratic-leaning.
Elmwood Park runs about 89 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Elmwood Park sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Elmwood Park is about 3%, about 69 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 67% of adults in Elmwood Park have never been married, above 97% of neighborhoods. Elmwood Park 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; Elmwood Park, Detroit, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Elmwood Park looks the way it does
Turnout in Elmwood Park sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Lafayette Park, Detroit, MI D+75
- Islandview, Detroit, MI D+81
- Downtown Detroit, Detroit, MI D+62
- Midtown-Detroit, Detroit, MI D+73
- Kettering-Butzel, Detroit, MI D+87
- Wayne State, Detroit, MI D+66
- St Jean, Detroit, MI D+87
- Chene, Detroit, MI D+23
- Woodbridge, Detroit, MI D+72
- New Center, Detroit, MI D+80
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Downtown Modesto, Modesto, CA D+18
- Starmount Forest-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC D+40
- Downtown Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN D+54
- Julington Creek, Jacksonville, FL R+35
- Bluemont, Arlington, VA D+60
- Andersonville, Chicago, IL D+84
- East Avenue, Rochester, NY D+64
- Westwood-San Francisco, Napa, CA D+35
- West Augusta, Augusta, GA D+6
- Gross Point, Wilmette, IL D+47
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.