Flows Store leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 92% of adults in Flows Store typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Flows Store, ~41% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Flows Store compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Flows Store leans more Republican than 11 of 51 neighbors.
Flows Store runs about 6 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Flows Store. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+5) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+52), a spread of about 57 points.
Why Flows Store 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 Flows Store, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 91% of households in Flows Store are family households, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Flows Store runs against that pattern.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Flows Store, NC sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Flows Store looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Flows Store 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Flows Store own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Flows Store have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
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- Concord, NC R+2
- Locust, NC R+58
- Mint Hill, NC R+4
- Mount Pleasant, NC R+61
- Stanfield, NC R+69
- Red Cross, NC R+64
- Kannapolis, NC R+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Talmo, GA R+43
- Shapleigh, ME R+25
- Edon, OH R+60
- Bernardston, MA D+4
- Phillipsburg, MO R+71
- Davidsville, PA R+47
- Ellsinore, MO R+73
- Byers, CO R+53
- New Berlin, NY R+40
- Elgin, OR R+46
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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.