Garden Acres leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.
About 35% of adults in Garden Acres typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Garden Acres, ~20% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~65% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Garden Acres compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Garden Acres leans more Democratic than 49 of 50 neighbors.
Garden Acres runs about 5 points more Republican than California as a whole.
Why Garden Acres 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 Garden Acres, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. About 87% of residents in Garden Acres live in densely developed areas, about 50 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 43% of adults in Garden Acres have never been married, above 95% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Garden Acres, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Garden Acres looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Garden Acres is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 43%, about 19 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 45% of households in Garden Acres rent, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 35% of adults in Garden Acres report food insecurity, above 97% 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.