Omer leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Omer typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Omer, ~20% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Omer compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Omer leans more Republican than 15 of 25 neighbors.
Omer runs about 42 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Omer 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 Omer, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Omer, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the Michigan average of 26%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Omer, MI 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 Omer looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Omer own their home, about 8 points above the Michigan average of 83%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Twining, MI R+45
- Standish, MI R+38
- Sterling, MI R+45
- Turner, MI R+44
- Whites Beach, MI R+40
- Worth, MI R+43
- Au Gres, MI R+33
- Skidway Lake, MI R+45
- Nine Mile, MI R+48
- Prescott, MI R+40
Cities with Similar Populations
- Chico, WA D+19
- Warman, MN R+55
- Palmer, TN R+68
- Wakefield, KS R+62
- Hot Springs, VA R+51
- Polonia, WI R+25
- Point Roberts, WA D+27
- Flat Rock, VA R+46
- Nelson, GA R+63
- Moapa, NV R+30
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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.