Crossroads-Riverbank leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Crossroads-Riverbank typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Crossroads-Riverbank, ~28% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Crossroads-Riverbank compares
Crossroads-Riverbank runs about 39 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Crossroads-Riverbank is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Crossroads-Riverbank 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 Crossroads-Riverbank, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 81% of residents in Crossroads-Riverbank drive to work alone, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Crossroads-Riverbank are family households, above 97% of neighborhoods. Crossroads-Riverbank runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Crossroads-Riverbank, Riverbank, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Crossroads-Riverbank looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Crossroads-Riverbank own their home, about 31 points above the California average of 62%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Downtown Modesto, Modesto, CA D+18
- Downtown Oakdale, Oakdale, CA R+17
- Bystrom, Modesto, CA D+15
- Shackelford, Modesto, CA D+18
- West Modesto, Modesto, CA D+8
- Mayfield, Ceres, CA R+25
- South Modesto Acres, Modesto, CA D+21
- Downtown Waterford, Waterford, CA R+23
- Downtown Turlock, Turlock, CA Even
- Park, Stockton, CA D+26
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Central Brambleton, Norfolk, VA D+84
- Downtown, Prosser, WA R+20
- Bel Aire, Wheat Ridge, CO D+23
- McClure Park, Tulsa, OK D+3
- Cory Lake Isles, Tampa, FL Even
- Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, VA D+65
- Claremont Cottages, Chicago, IL D+71
- River Park, Sacramento, CA D+41
- Belview Heights, Birmingham, AL D+90
- Esprit, St. Cloud, FL R+14
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.