Alturas is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Alturas typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Alturas, ~10% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Alturas compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Alturas leans more Republican than 49 of 52 neighbors.
Alturas runs about 52 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.
Why Alturas 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 Alturas, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Alturas are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Alturas, FL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Alturas looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Alturas is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Alturas have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Homeland, FL R+61
- Eagle Lake, FL R+24
- Fort Meade, FL R+33
- Waverly, FL R+17
- Highland Park, FL R+48
- Lake Wales, FL R+25
- Cypress Gardens, FL R+34
Cities with Similar Populations
- Riverview, KY R+55
- Rocky Bottom, SC R+61
- Lily Island, TX R+21
- Ridgeton, OH R+69
- Buckeye, KY R+65
- Wheeling, AR R+63
- Westover, VA D+35
- Glenn, IL R+52
- Grandin, FL R+53
- Pond Creek, WV R+62
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division 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.