Schaffer leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 78% of adults in Schaffer typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Schaffer, ~23% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Schaffer compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Schaffer leans more Republican than 25 of 40 neighbors.
Schaffer runs about 38 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Schaffer 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 Schaffer, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Schaffer are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Schaffer sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 76% of cities).
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Schaffer, MI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Schaffer looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Schaffer 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Schaffer own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Tesch, MI R+37
- Whitney, MI R+41
- Bark River, MI R+36
- Riverland, MI R+37
- Harris, MI R+25
- Wilson, MI R+33
- Ford River, MI R+33
- Spalding, MI R+45
- Cornell, MI R+39
- Island View, MI R+35
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pleasure Valley, WV R+61
- Stonyford, CA R+39
- Kempton, IL R+58
- Belair Cove, LA R+68
- DeSmet, ID R+57
- Swaledale, IA R+41
- Heart Lake, PA R+50
- Ledocio, KY R+73
- Stewartsville, KY R+67
- Barstow, TX R+31
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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.