Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.
About 97% of adults in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, ~56% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~3% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert leans more Democratic than 51 of 61 neighbors.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert runs about 17 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 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 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 47% of adults in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI sits in the top tenth 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 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Harbert, MI D+12
- Sawyer, MI R+14
- Lakeside, MI D+11
- New Troy, MI R+40
- Bridgman, MI R+20
- Three Oaks, MI R+26
- Union Pier, MI D+5
- Glendora, MI R+40
- Hills Corners, MI R+27
- Baroda, MI R+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lasca, AL R+13
- Schley, IA R+45
- Koszta, IA R+46
- Lemert, OH R+68
- Kohatk, AZ D+38
- Hoosierville, IN R+52
- Mapleville, NC D+19
- Malcolm, MD Even
- Buena Vista, IL R+45
- Bear Creek, AR R+64
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.