Dixon, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Dixon

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

Dixon leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 61% of adults in Dixon typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dixon, ~29% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Dixon compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Dixon leans more Republican than 22 of 37 neighbors.

Dixon runs about 25 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Dixon is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Dixon. The north side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+29), a spread of about 30 points.

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

Dixon votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 63%, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Dixon are family households, above 79% of cities. Dixon 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 Dixon, CA does.

Why turnout in Dixon looks the way it does

Renters vote less often than owners. About 37% of households in Dixon rent, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 6% of homes in Dixon have more than one occupant per room, above 90% 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.