Mattawan leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in Mattawan typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mattawan, ~42% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~0% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mattawan compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mattawan leans more Republican than 9 of 66 neighbors.
Mattawan runs about 14 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mattawan. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+23) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+13), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Mattawan 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 Mattawan, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Mattawan votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 33%, above 82% of cities). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Mattawan are family households, above 79% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mattawan, 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 Mattawan looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mattawan 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Mattawan own their home, above 80% of cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Mattawan have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lawton, MI R+22
- Paw Paw, MI R+20
- Pine Grove, MI R+29
- Westwood, MI D+36
- Schoolcraft, MI R+17
- Kalamazoo, MI D+29
- Portage, MI D+14
- Mentha, MI R+27
- Gobles, MI R+29
- Kendall, MI R+32
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ketchikan, AK Even
- Clay, NY Even
- Pikeville, NC R+39
- Farmingdale, NY R+15
- Chelsea, MI D+17
- Pearl River, LA R+52
- College, AK Even
- Lanett, AL D+3
- Clearfield, PA R+40
- Garden City, GA D+31
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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.