Circle Area, Long Beach, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Circle Area

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Circle Area leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.

 

About 43% of adults in Circle Area typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Circle Area, ~30% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Circle Area compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Circle Area leans more Democratic than 12 of 19 neighbors.

Circle Area runs about 20 points more Democratic than California as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Circle Area. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+49) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+28), a spread of about 21 points.

Why Circle 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 Circle Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Circle Area live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in Circle Area have never been married, above 87% of neighborhoods.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Circle Area, 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 Circle Area looks the way it does

Renters vote less often than owners. About 71% of households in Circle Area rent, about 46 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 10% of homes in Circle Area have more than one occupant per room, above 91% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.