Southwestern Outer Drive is a true toss-up. About 51% of voters here vote Democratic and 49% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Southwestern Outer Drive typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Southwestern Outer Drive, ~39% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Southwestern Outer Drive compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Southwestern Outer Drive sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 3 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 4 leaning the other way.
Southwestern Outer Drive runs about 4 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Southwestern Outer Drive. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+20) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+6), a spread of about 26 points.
Why Southwestern Outer Drive 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density pulls a place toward Democrats and a high white share pulls it toward Republicans. In Southwestern Outer Drive the two roughly cancel.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn, 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 Southwestern Outer Drive looks the way it does
Turnout in Southwestern Outer Drive sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- West Downtown Dearborn, Dearborn, MI D+8
- Snow Woods, Dearborn, MI Even
- Dearborn Hills, Dearborn, MI Even
- Warrendale, Detroit, MI D+61
- East Downtown Dearborn, Dearborn, MI R+20
- Park, Redford, MI D+79
- Garden View, Detroit, MI D+80
- Boynton, Detroit, MI D+85
- Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park, MI R+3
- Franklin Park, Detroit, MI D+87
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Loop, Chicago, IL D+57
- East Tampa, Tampa, FL D+66
- Printers Row, Chicago, IL D+69
- Santa Clara, Eugene, OR D+19
- Summerdale, Philadelphia, PA D+58
- East Bloomington, Bloomington, MN D+36
- Burns Park, Ann Arbor, MI D+69
- North Redlands, Redlands, CA D+6
- Rockdale, Atlanta, GA D+58
- West Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 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.