Wells leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 96% of adults in Wells typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wells, ~36% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~4% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wells compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wells leans more Republican than 3 of 32 neighbors.
Wells runs about 22 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Wells 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 Wells, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Wells votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 61%, well above the Michigan average of 31%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Wells are family households, above 80% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Wells, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Wells looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Wells own their home, about 9 points above the Michigan average of 83%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Escanaba, MI R+11
- Groos, MI R+34
- Gladstone, MI R+23
- Ford River, MI R+33
- Riverland, MI R+37
- Maywood, MI R+31
- Stonington, MI R+31
- Kipling, MI R+32
- Tesch, MI R+37
- Cornell, MI R+39
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hell, MI R+10
- Matamoras, OH R+61
- Eckert, CO R+43
- Summit, UT R+69
- Rockvale, CO R+53
- Lenapah, OK R+68
- Winterpock, VA R+16
- Enoch, TX R+74
- Madison, CA R+6
- Alakanuk, AK D+21
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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.