Clipper Mills leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Clipper Mills typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clipper Mills, ~24% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Clipper Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Clipper Mills leans more Republican than 26 of 39 neighbors.
Clipper Mills runs about 47 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Clipper Mills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Clipper Mills. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+29) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+13), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Clipper Mills 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 Clipper Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Clipper Mills live in densely developed areas, about 55 points below the California average of 58%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Clipper Mills are family households, above 86% of cities. Clipper Mills runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Clipper Mills, CA sits in the bottom 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 Clipper Mills looks the way it does
Turnout in Clipper Mills 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 Cities
- Woodleaf, CA R+11
- Forbestown, CA R+25
- Challenge, CA R+19
- Challenge-Brownsville, CA R+27
- Camptonville, CA R+10
- Brownsville, CA R+23
- Pike, CA R+10
- Strawberry Valley, CA R+11
- Feather Falls, CA R+29
- Rackerby, CA R+29
Cities with Similar Populations
- Williams, TX R+79
- Patrick, TX D+11
- Sugarfork, NC R+31
- Rockport, MS R+45
- Ettersburg, CA D+13
- Brighton, ME R+40
- Herod, GA D+3
- Excelsior, AR R+66
- Pleasant Bend, OH R+63
- Fairview, CO R+40
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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.