Orr leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 90% of adults in Orr typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Orr, ~29% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Orr compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Orr leans more Republican than 29 of 62 neighbors.
Orr runs about 34 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Orr 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 Orr, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Orr votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 22%, modestly below 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 79% of households in Orr are family households, above 86% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Orr, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Orr looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Orr 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Orr own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Orr have completed high school, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hemlock, MI R+36
- Roosevelt, MI R+40
- Frost, MI R+30
- Iva, MI R+40
- Laporte, MI R+36
- Nelson, MI R+43
- Merrill, MI R+44
- Freeland, MI R+29
- St. Charles, MI R+36
- Ryan, MI R+43
Cities with Similar Populations
- Evening Shade, AR R+71
- Tarrs, PA R+39
- Coalton, KY R+60
- Franklin, NE R+68
- Sudan, TX R+76
- Odom, TX R+80
- Humboldt, NE R+60
- Cohay, MS R+42
- Island Falls, ME R+45
- Looxahoma, MS R+22
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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.