Cornell leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Cornell typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cornell, ~34% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cornell compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cornell leans more Democratic than 17 of 60 neighbors.
Cornell runs about 9 points more Republican than California as a whole.
Why Cornell 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 Cornell, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 61% of adults in Cornell hold a bachelor's degree, about 32 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 40% of adults in Cornell have never been married, above 93% of cities.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Cornell, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Cornell looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cornell is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Cornell have completed high school, above 92% of cities. 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.