Firestone-Garden Park is a Democratic stronghold. About 89% of voters here vote Democratic and 11% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Firestone-Garden Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Firestone-Garden Park, ~66% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Firestone-Garden Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Firestone-Garden Park leans more Democratic than 19 of 20 neighbors.
Firestone-Garden Park runs about 81 points more Democratic than North Carolina as a whole. North Carolina leans Republican overall, while Firestone-Garden Park is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Firestone-Garden Park. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+86) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+67), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Firestone-Garden 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 Firestone-Garden Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 74% of residents in Firestone-Garden Park are Black or African American, about 56 points above the North Carolina average of 18%. Firestone-Garden Park runs against the grain of North Carolina, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte, NC sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Firestone-Garden Park looks the way it does
Turnout in Firestone-Garden Park sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Slater Park, Charlotte, NC D+76
- Oakdale South, Charlotte, NC D+60
- Thomasboro-Hoskins, Charlotte, NC D+75
- Beatties Ford-Trinity, Charlotte, NC D+75
- Nevin Community, Charlotte, NC D+67
- Westchester, Charlotte, NC D+72
- Enderly Park, Charlotte, NC D+80
- Derita-Statesville, Charlotte, NC D+75
- Toddville Road, Charlotte, NC D+64
- Wedgewood, Charlotte, NC D+66
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Powning Addition, Reno, NV D+36
- Rocky Ridge, Aurora, CO D+32
- Larchmont-Edgewater, Norfolk, VA D+31
- Glendale, Los Angeles, CA D+47
- Bemis, Watertown Town, MA D+50
- Old North Dayton, Dayton, OH D+3
- Bay Colony, League City, TX R+14
- Northpoint, Milwaukee, WI D+57
- Crawford, Ames, IA D+26
- Buffalo Charles, Detroit, MI D+14
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.