Crest Park leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Crest Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Crest Park, ~23% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Crest Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Crest Park leans more Republican than 30 of 58 neighbors.
Crest Park runs about 39 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Crest Park is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Crest Park 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 Crest Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Crest Park votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 28%, far below the California average of 58%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 93% of households in Crest Park are family households, in the top fraction of cities. Crest Park runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Crest Park, CA does.
Why turnout in Crest Park looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 98% of adults in Crest Park have completed high school, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Crest Park rent, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Crestline, CA R+10
- Running Springs, CA R+27
- Smiley Park, CA R+43
- Cedarpines Park, CA R+20
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alexander, IA R+56
- Whiteside, MO R+62
- Live Oak Springs, CA R+27
- Bottom, NC R+66
- Whetstone, SC R+57
- Niota, IL R+46
- Lehman, PA R+28
- Rexville, NY R+63
- Dinsmore, TX R+47
- West Springs, SC R+64
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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.