Schmidt Corner leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.
About 93% of adults in Schmidt Corner typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Schmidt Corner, ~41% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Schmidt Corner compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Schmidt Corner leans more Republican than 14 of 39 neighbors.
Schmidt Corner runs about 11 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Schmidt Corner. The south side runs the most Democratic (D+6) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+29), a spread of about 35 points.
Why Schmidt Corner 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 Schmidt Corner, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Schmidt Corner are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Schmidt Corner, 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 Schmidt Corner looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Schmidt Corner 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Schmidt Corner have completed high school, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Atlantic Mine, MI R+5
- Oskar, MI R+19
- Hancock, MI D+18
- South Range, MI R+10
- Dodgeville, MI Even
- Houghton, MI D+35
- Trimountain, MI R+28
- Painesdale, MI R+28
- Dollar Bay, MI Even
- Chassell, MI R+6
Cities with Similar Populations
- Polktown, PA R+54
- Lakeview Park, WA R+52
- Ashton, IA R+67
- Lake Preston, SD R+49
- Iron Mountain Lake, MO R+71
- Senior, OH R+62
- Kimball, WV R+23
- Deport, TX R+77
- Granville, MA R+16
- Higginbotham, LA R+73
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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.