Forest Ranch leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Forest Ranch typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Forest Ranch, ~32% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Forest Ranch compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Forest Ranch leans more Republican than 8 of 23 neighbors.
Forest Ranch runs about 42 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Forest Ranch is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Forest Ranch. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+41) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+20), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Forest Ranch 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 Forest Ranch, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Forest Ranch votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Forest Ranch runs about 42 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Forest Ranch sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 77% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Forest Ranch are family households, above 91% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Forest Ranch, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Forest Ranch looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Forest Ranch 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Forest Ranch own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Nimshew, CA R+20
- Magalia, CA R+19
- Stirling City, CA R+25
- Cohasset, CA Even
- Richardson Springs, CA Even
- Paradise, CA R+19
- Concow, CA R+26
- Chico, CA D+15
- Pulga, CA R+24
- Yankee Hill, CA R+23
Cities with Similar Populations
- Casstown, OH R+65
- Owls Head, ME D+10
- Otto, TX R+13
- Glen Spey, NY R+17
- Centerfield, UT R+69
- Pocahontas, VA R+61
- Vici, OK R+78
- Mont Clare, PA D+10
- Cyril, OK R+69
- Liberty, WV R+61
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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.