Gum Neck leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Gum Neck typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gum Neck, ~20% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gum Neck compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gum Neck leans more Republican than 15 of 20 neighbors.
Gum Neck runs about 38 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Gum Neck 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 Gum Neck, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Gum Neck live in densely developed areas, about 25 points below the North Carolina average of 27%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Gum Neck, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Gum Neck looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Gum Neck own their home, about 18 points above the North Carolina average of 74%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Gum Neck sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Gum Neck have completed high school, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- New Lands, NC R+41
- Pleasant View, NC R+40
- Columbia, NC D+3
- Buffalo City, NC R+57
- Travis, NC R+10
- Fairfield, NC R+33
- Goat Neck, NC D+4
- River Neck, NC D+4
- Engelhard, NC R+15
- Soundside, NC D+4
Cities with Similar Populations
- Macedon, OH R+74
- Alexander, IL R+54
- Hortonville, VT R+4
- Sprott, AL D+17
- Tabscott, VA R+17
- Robin Hood Lakes, PA R+34
- New Pittsburg, IN R+65
- Lascar, CO R+21
- Kanetown, WV R+65
- Lizzie, NC R+25
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.