Grosse Pointe Farms leans slightly Democratic by roughly 12 points: about 56% of voters vote Democratic and 44% Republican.
About 99% of adults in Grosse Pointe Farms typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Grosse Pointe Farms, ~55% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~1% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Grosse Pointe Farms compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Grosse Pointe Farms leans more Democratic than 39 of 70 neighbors.
Grosse Pointe Farms runs about 13 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Grosse Pointe Farms sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Grosse Pointe Farms. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+19) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+5), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Grosse Pointe Farms 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 Grosse Pointe Farms, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 77% of adults in Grosse Pointe Farms hold a bachelor's degree, about 49 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Grosse Pointe Farms sits in the top fifth on density (about 88%, above 96% of cities). Grosse Pointe Farms 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; Grosse Pointe Farms, MI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Grosse Pointe Farms looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Grosse Pointe Farms 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 83%, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Grosse Pointe Farms own their home, compared to around 74% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Grosse Pointe Farms have completed high school, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Grosse Pointe, MI D+40
- Grosse Pointe Park, MI D+34
- Grosse Pointe Woods, MI D+17
- Harper Woods, MI D+65
- Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI R+14
- Eastpointe, MI D+48
- St. Clair Shores, MI R+10
- Roseville, MI D+7
- Hamtramck, MI D+11
- Center Line, MI D+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Coral Hills, MD D+86
- Liberty, TX R+45
- D'Iberville, MS R+24
- Landenberg, PA D+8
- Seneca Falls, NY R+12
- Hobart, WI R+6
- Quincy, WA R+19
- Rio Vista, CA D+3
- Palos Park, IL R+8
- Wantage, NJ R+39
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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.