Trent Woods, NC Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Trent Woods

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Trent Woods leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Trent Woods typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Trent Woods, ~39% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~-3% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Trent Woods compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Trent Woods leans more Republican than 14 of 53 neighbors.

Trent Woods runs about 22 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.

Why Trent Woods 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 Trent Woods, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Trent Woods votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 72%, far above the North Carolina average of 27%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Trent Woods, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Trent Woods looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Trent Woods 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 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Trent Woods own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Trent Woods have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board of 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.