Pickford leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Pickford typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pickford, ~29% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pickford compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pickford leans more Republican than 15 of 18 neighbors.
Pickford runs about 33 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Pickford 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 Pickford, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Pickford are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Pickford sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pickford, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Pickford looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pickford 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Pickford own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pickford have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Rosedale, MI R+31
- Goetzville, MI R+33
- Dryburg, MI R+38
- Dafter, MI R+34
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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.