Machpelah leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.
About 95% of adults in Machpelah typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Machpelah, ~28% vote Democratic, ~67% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Machpelah compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Machpelah leans more Republican than 28 of 52 neighbors.
Machpelah runs about 39 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Machpelah 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 Machpelah, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Machpelah votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 21%, modestly below the North Carolina average of 27%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Machpelah, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Machpelah looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Machpelah have completed high school, about 8 points above the North Carolina average of 88%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Iron Station, NC R+53
- Denver, NC R+36
- Alexis, NC R+57
- Mariposa, NC R+47
- Stanley, NC R+43
- Cornelius, NC D+3
- High Shoals, NC R+61
- Mount Holly, NC R+21
- Lake Norman of Catawba, NC R+40
- Maiden, NC R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bombay, NY R+26
- Neptune, OH R+72
- Ava, NY R+49
- Middle River, MN R+42
- Baldwin, ND R+65
- Sparks, TX R+72
- Smith, NV R+53
- Birchleaf, VA R+68
- Tilsit, MO R+68
- Ellisville, WA D+16
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.