Regent Park is a Democratic stronghold. About 93% of voters here vote Democratic and 7% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Regent Park typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Regent Park, ~59% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Regent Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Regent Park leans more Democratic than 7 of 17 neighbors.
Regent Park runs about 87 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Regent Park sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Regent Park leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Regent Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Regent Park is about 3%, about 69 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 67% of adults in Regent Park have never been married, above 97% of neighborhoods. Regent Park runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Developed land and Democratic lean
Places with a heavily developed built environment tend to lean Democratic; Regent Park, Detroit, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Regent Park looks the way it does
Turnout in Regent Park sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Burbank, Detroit, MI D+79
- Mohican Regent, Detroit, MI D+85
- Denby, Detroit, MI D+85
- Yorkshire Woods, Detroit, MI D+85
- Pulaski, Detroit, MI D+86
- Van Steuban, Detroit, MI D+84
- Conner, Detroit, MI D+86
- Finney, Grosse Pointe, MI D+66
- Lasalle College Park, Detroit, MI D+87
- East English Village, Detroit, MI D+83
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Woodland Acres, Jacksonville, FL D+26
- Midtown, Sacramento, CA D+71
- Westpointe, Salt Lake City, UT D+22
- Rolling Hills Ranch, Chula Vista, CA D+9
- West Cambridge, Cambridge, MA D+78
- Klondike, Louisville, KY D+23
- Gateway West, Sacramento, CA D+23
- Berkeley, Denver, CO D+64
- Southland Deerfield Open Gates, Lexington, KY D+30
- Sweetbriar, Austin, TX D+52
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.