Haywood leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in Haywood typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Haywood, ~42% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~-10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Haywood compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Haywood leans more Republican than 23 of 42 neighbors.
Haywood runs about 20 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Haywood 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 Haywood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Haywood are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Haywood, NC 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 Haywood looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Haywood 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Haywood have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hollemans Crossroads, NC R+22
- Moncure, NC R+17
- Corinth, NC R+38
- New Hill, NC D+4
- Osgood, NC R+43
- Merry Oaks, NC R+20
- Fearrington, NC R+8
- Cokesbury, NC R+49
- Colon, NC R+10
- Holly Springs, NC D+7
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zylonite, MA Even
- Owl City, TN R+73
- West Martinsburg, NY R+49
- West Groton, VT R+16
- Brister, AR R+43
- Niles, NY R+30
- Tenakee Springs, AK D+13
- Ralph, MI R+42
- Whelen Springs, AR R+65
- Carlowville, AL Even
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.