Grand Beach leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.
About 94% of adults in Grand Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Grand Beach, ~55% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Grand Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Grand Beach leans more Democratic than 53 of 56 neighbors.
Grand Beach runs about 19 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Grand Beach sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Grand Beach 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 Grand Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 73% of adults in Grand Beach hold a bachelor's degree, about 44 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Grand Beach sits in the top fifth on density (about 41%, above 84% of cities). Grand Beach runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Grand Beach, 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 Grand Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Grand Beach 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 92% of households in Grand Beach own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Grand Beach have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Michiana, MI D+18
- Michiana Shores, IN D+6
- New Buffalo, MI D+4
- Long Beach, IN D+17
- Pottawattamie Park, IN D+19
- Union Pier, MI D+5
- Trail Creek, IN D+4
- Tee Lake, IN R+32
- Michigan City, IN D+12
- Waterford, IN R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Leipsig, WI R+37
- Sand Run, WV R+66
- Bellefontaine, MS R+73
- Hillsboro, MD R+38
- Oxbow, NY R+45
- Rubottom, OK R+71
- Rufus, OR R+56
- Portland, FL R+52
- McCoysburg, IN R+63
- Sarben, NE R+75
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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.