Cascade Highlands leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Cascade Highlands typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cascade Highlands, ~36% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cascade Highlands compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Cascade Highlands leans more Democratic than 8 of 18 neighbors.
Politically, Cascade Highlands sits close to the rest of Washington.
Why Cascade Highlands 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 Cascade Highlands, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Cascade Highlands live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Cascade Highlands, Vancouver, WA sits in the top 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 Cascade Highlands looks the way it does
Turnout in Cascade Highlands 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 Neighborhoods
- Mountain View, Vancouver, WA D+18
- Countryside Woods, Vancouver, WA D+13
- Bennington, Vancouver, WA D+19
- Fishers Landing East, Vancouver, WA D+26
- Fircrest, Vancouver, WA D+21
- Fisher-Mill Plain-Fisher's Village, Vancouver, WA D+3
- Ellsworth Springs, Vancouver, WA D+25
- Landover-Sharmel, Vancouver, WA D+22
- Marrion, Vancouver, WA D+15
- Image, Vancouver, WA D+4
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Lagonda, Springfield, OH R+18
- Celina Main Street Historic District, Celina, OH R+48
- Circleville Historic District, Circleville, OH R+23
- Jonestown, Baltimore, MD D+68
- West Central, Springfield, MO D+10
- Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, KY D+60
- Thornhill, Mobile, AL R+3
- Gibbs, Canton, OH D+33
- Raleigh West, Beaverton, OR D+46
- Olde Orchard, Columbus, OH D+35
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington 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.