Northside Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Northside Ann Arbor

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

Northside Ann Arbor is a Democratic stronghold. About 87% of voters here vote Democratic and 13% Republican.

 

About 72% of adults in Northside Ann Arbor typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Northside Ann Arbor, ~63% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Northside Ann Arbor compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Northside Ann Arbor leans more Democratic than 12 of 14 neighbors.

Northside Ann Arbor runs about 75 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Northside Ann Arbor sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Northside Ann Arbor. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+82) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+62), a spread of about 20 points.

Why Northside Ann Arbor 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 Northside Ann Arbor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 80% of adults in Northside Ann Arbor hold a bachelor's degree, about 52 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 73% of adults in Northside Ann Arbor have never been married, above 98% of neighborhoods. Northside Ann Arbor runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout

Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a low uninsured rate tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Northside Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI does.

Why turnout in Northside Ann Arbor looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Northside Ann Arbor have completed high school, about 7 points above the Michigan average of 92%. 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 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.