Bixby Area leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Bixby Area typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bixby Area, ~41% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bixby Area compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Bixby Area leans more Democratic than 6 of 17 neighbors.
Bixby Area runs about 17 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Bixby Area. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+45) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+28), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Bixby Area 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 Bixby Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Bixby Area live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.
Developed land and Democratic lean
Places with a heavily developed built environment tend to lean Democratic; Bixby Area, Long Beach, CA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Bixby Area looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 8% of homes in Bixby Area have more than one occupant per room, above 87% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA D+46
- Californial Heights, Long Beach, CA D+46
- North Long Beach, Long Beach, CA D+39
- Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA D+40
- Lakewood Village, Long Beach, CA D+24
- North West Long Beach, Long Beach, CA D+49
- Rancho Dominguez, Compton, CA D+39
- Wrigley, Long Beach, CA D+42
- City College Area, Long Beach, CA D+18
- West Side, Long Beach, CA D+34
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Southridge Village, Fontana, CA D+17
- Marshbrooke, Matthews, NC D+28
- Citizens Southwest, Jackson, MS D+77
- San Carlos, San Diego, CA D+25
- Desert Hills, Cave Creek, AZ R+23
- Delmar Parkway, Aurora, CO D+32
- Widefield, Security-Widefield, CO R+8
- Thomas-Dale, St. Paul, MN D+53
- Lanham-Seabrook, Lanham, MD D+67
- Ballston-Virginia Square, Arlington, VA D+58
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.