Kiva leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Kiva typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kiva, ~25% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kiva compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kiva leans more Republican than 25 of 40 neighbors.
Kiva runs about 25 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Kiva. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+36) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+14), a spread of about 22 points.
Why Kiva 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 Kiva, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Kiva sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 13 points above the Michigan average of 83%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Kiva, MI sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Kiva looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kiva 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Kiva own their home, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Ladoga, MI R+17
- Lawson, MI R+17
- Trenary, MI R+27
- Traunik, MI R+26
- McFarland, MI R+33
- Rumely, MI R+10
- Eben Junction, MI R+16
- Chatham, MI R+15
- Lathrop, MI R+37
- Dukes, MI R+14
Cities with Similar Populations
- Arnold, KS R+80
- Frostburg, PA R+64
- Water Street, PA R+56
- Tensas Bluff, LA R+61
- Kent, AR R+59
- Norman, GA R+27
- Cedarvale, NM R+49
- Roxbury, VA R+18
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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.