The Acre leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.
About 36% of adults in The Acre typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in The Acre, ~26% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~64% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How The Acre compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, The Acre leans more Democratic than 6 of 7 neighbors.
The Acre runs about 17 points more Democratic than Massachusetts as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within The Acre. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+46) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+36), a spread of about 10 points.
Why The Acre 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 The Acre, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 64% of adults in The Acre have never been married, well above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 48%).
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; The Acre, Lowell, MA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in The Acre looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 81% of households in The Acre rent, about 56 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and The Acre sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Downtown Lowell, Lowell, MA D+53
- Back Central, Lowell, MA D+17
- Centralville, Lowell, MA D+20
- Highlands, Lowell, MA D+28
- Pawtucketville, Lowell, MA D+15
- Belvidere, Lowell, MA D+22
- South Lowell, Lowell, MA D+19
- Mt Vernon Park, Lawrence, MA D+10
- Southeast Nashua, Nashua, NH D+26
- Frye Circle, Andover, MA D+42
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Pawtucketville, Lowell, MA D+15
- Estates Of Highland Creek, Katy, TX D+18
- Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI D+70
- Seacliff, San Francisco, CA D+59
- Dorchester Center, Boston, MA D+71
- Central, Cleveland, OH D+78
- Downtown Austin, Austin, TX D+42
- Palolo, Honolulu, HI D+25
- University Place, Lincoln, NE D+13
- Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA D+43
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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.