Cassel leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Cassel typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cassel, ~20% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cassel compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cassel leans more Republican than 7 of 15 neighbors.
Cassel runs about 63 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Cassel is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Cassel 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 Cassel, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Cassel votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Cassel runs about 63 points more Republican. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Cassel is about 97%, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Cassel, CA does.
Why turnout in Cassel looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Cassel own their home, about 34 points above the California average of 62%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.