Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Melrose Manors

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Melrose Manors is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.

 

About 49% of adults in Melrose Manors typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Melrose Manors, ~39% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Melrose Manors compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Melrose Manors leans more Democratic than 17 of 23 neighbors.

Melrose Manors runs about 71 points more Democratic than Florida as a whole. Florida leans Republican overall, while Melrose Manors is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Melrose Manors. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+73) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+30), a spread of about 43 points.

Why Melrose Manors leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Melrose Manors, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Melrose Manors live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 51% of adults in Melrose Manors have never been married, above 83% of neighborhoods. Melrose Manors runs against the grain of Florida, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale, FL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Melrose Manors looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Melrose Manors is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 41%, about 15 points below the Florida average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Melrose Manors have completed high school, below 81% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Melrose Manors sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division 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.