Californial Heights leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Californial Heights typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Californial Heights, ~45% vote Democratic, ~17% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Californial Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Californial Heights leans more Democratic than 14 of 20 neighbors.
Californial Heights runs about 26 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Californial Heights 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 Californial Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Californial Heights live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Californial Heights, Long Beach, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Californial Heights looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 6% of homes in Californial Heights have more than one occupant per room, above 81% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA D+46
- Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA D+40
- Bixby Area, Long Beach, CA D+37
- Wrigley, Long Beach, CA D+42
- Poly High District, Long Beach, CA D+38
- West Side, Long Beach, CA D+34
- North Long Beach, Long Beach, CA D+39
- Circle Area, Long Beach, CA D+40
- Lakewood Village, Long Beach, CA D+24
- City College Area, Long Beach, CA D+18
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- North Marketview Heights, Rochester, NY D+67
- Wheeless Road, Augusta, GA D+63
- Tarico Heights, Inwood, WV R+39
- Brightmoor, Detroit, MI D+82
- West End, St. Louis, MO D+80
- Culver-Winton, Rochester, NY D+53
- Cambridge Park, Concord, CA D+40
- Thompsonville, Newton, MA D+61
- Cedar Hills, Jacksonville, FL D+17
- Eldorado Village, Largo, FL R+12
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.