Olive Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Olive Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Olive Grove, ~13% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Olive Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Olive Grove leans more Republican than 59 of 67 neighbors.
Olive Grove runs about 60 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Olive Grove 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 Olive Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Olive Grove are family households, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Olive Grove, NC sits above the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Olive Grove looks the way it does
Turnout in Olive Grove sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Vale, NC R+61
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Cities with Similar Populations
- Foxley Manor, MD D+17
- Horace, IL R+62
- Christy, KY R+42
- Moorman, KY R+62
- Sedan, NM R+70
- Newport, TX R+81
- Soperton, WI R+36
- Coe, IN R+58
- McKinley, AL D+31
- Newport, NE R+79
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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.