Orchard Lake Village leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 93% of adults in Orchard Lake Village typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Orchard Lake Village, ~44% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Orchard Lake Village compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Orchard Lake Village leans more Republican than 55 of 88 neighbors.
Orchard Lake Village runs about 5 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Orchard Lake Village. The south side runs the most Democratic (D+7) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+15), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Orchard Lake Village 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 Orchard Lake Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Orchard Lake Village votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 56%, well above the Michigan average of 31%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Orchard Lake Village are family households, above 93% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Orchard Lake Village, MI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Orchard Lake Village looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Orchard Lake Village 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Orchard Lake Village own their home, compared to around 79% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West Bloomfield, MI D+14
- Keego Harbor, MI D+8
- Sylvan Lake, MI D+11
- Waterford, MI R+6
- Walled Lake, MI R+3
- Bloomfield Hills, MI D+13
- Wolverine Lake, MI R+9
- Franklin, MI D+19
- Commerce Township, MI R+14
- Pontiac, MI D+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Durham, NH R+25
- Litchfield, ME R+30
- Lakeside, MT R+26
- Marissa, IL R+56
- Shelbiana, KY R+70
- Pine Mountain Club, CA R+9
- North Rock Springs, WY R+68
- Laguardo, TN R+51
- Hebron, IL R+29
- Colton, OR R+35
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.