Angels leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Angels typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Angels, ~27% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Angels compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Angels leans more Republican than 31 of 46 neighbors.
Angels runs about 51 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Angels is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Angels 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 Angels, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Angels votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 28%, well below the California average of 58%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. Angels runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Angels, CA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Angels looks the way it does
Turnout in Angels 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 Cities
- Altaville, CA R+21
- Angels Camp, CA R+32
- Vallecito, CA R+15
- Douglas Flat, CA R+9
- Tuttletown, CA R+25
- Murphys, CA R+7
- Columbia, CA R+18
- San Andreas, CA R+26
- Copperopolis, CA R+41
- Quartz, CA R+32
Cities with Similar Populations
- Panorama Village, TX R+48
- Double Springs, AL R+84
- Ledgewood, NJ R+9
- McClure, PA R+69
- North Pole, AK R+17
- Westhampton Beach, NY D+3
- New Ringgold, PA R+48
- Clintwood, VA R+63
- Provincetown, MA D+69
- Lincoln, ND R+50
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from California Secretary 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.