Glen Arbor leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Glen Arbor typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glen Arbor, ~46% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glen Arbor compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glen Arbor leans more Democratic than 27 of 28 neighbors.
Glen Arbor runs about 21 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Glen Arbor sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Glen Arbor 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 Glen Arbor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 72% of adults in Glen Arbor hold a bachelor's degree, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Glen Arbor runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Glen Arbor, MI does.
Why turnout in Glen Arbor looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Glen Arbor 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 78%, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Glen Arbor own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Glen Arbor have completed high school, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Maple City, MI R+10
- Empire, MI D+14
- Cedar, MI R+5
- Solon, MI R+5
- Isadore, MI R+4
- Lake Ann, MI R+16
- Maple Grove, MI R+21
- Lake Leelanau, MI Even
- Glen Haven, MI Even
- Honor, MI R+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- Crosses Corner, VA R+28
- Whiteash, IL R+51
- Sandborn, IN R+61
- Carbon, TX R+75
- Meadowlands, PA R+22
- Union Valley, TX R+61
- Center Moreland, PA R+48
- Coletown, OH R+66
- Day, FL R+72
- Appleby, TX R+66
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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.