Lakeside leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in Lakeside typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lakeside, ~55% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~0% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lakeside compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lakeside leans more Democratic than 50 of 64 neighbors.
Lakeside runs about 12 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Lakeside sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lakeside. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+23) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+4), a spread of about 27 points.
Why Lakeside 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 Lakeside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 67% of adults in Lakeside hold a bachelor's degree, about 39 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Density and white share pull in opposite directions and roughly cancel in Lakeside. Lakeside 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; Lakeside, 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 Lakeside looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lakeside 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Lakeside own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Lakeside have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Harbert, MI D+12
- Union Pier, MI D+5
- Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI D+16
- Three Oaks, MI R+26
- Sawyer, MI R+14
- New Troy, MI R+40
- New Buffalo, MI D+4
- Bridgman, MI R+20
- Grand Beach, MI D+18
- Tee Lake, IN R+32
Cities with Similar Populations
- Frenchtown, PA R+54
- Bellflower, MO R+67
- Hope, ID R+37
- Blue Ridge Shores, VA R+35
- South Byron, WI R+48
- Letcher, KY R+64
- Fowlers Crossroads, AL R+85
- Hoberg, MO R+70
- St. David, IL R+38
- Richford, WI R+40
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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.