Glenwood Meadows leans Democratic by roughly 26 points: about 63% of voters vote Democratic and 37% Republican.
About 39% of adults in Glenwood Meadows typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glenwood Meadows, ~25% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glenwood Meadows compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Glenwood Meadows leans more Democratic than 5 of 26 neighbors.
Glenwood Meadows runs about 6 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Glenwood Meadows 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 Glenwood Meadows, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Glenwood Meadows live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 48% of adults in Glenwood Meadows have never been married, above 79% of neighborhoods.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Glenwood Meadows, Sacramento, CA does.
Why turnout in Glenwood Meadows looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 21% of homes in Glenwood Meadows have more than one occupant per room, above 98% of neighborhoods. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Glenwood Meadows sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 76% of adults in Glenwood Meadows have completed high school, below 90% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Robla, Sacramento, CA D+21
- West del Paso Heights, Sacramento, CA D+31
- Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, CA D+38
- Strawberry Manor, Sacramento, CA D+40
- Northgate Sacramento, Sacramento, CA D+32
- Hagginwood, Sacramento, CA D+29
- Village 5, Sacramento, CA D+42
- Gardenland, Sacramento, CA D+24
- South Hagginwood, Sacramento, CA D+27
- Noralto, Sacramento, CA D+34
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Cedonia, Baltimore, MD D+84
- Chandler Heights, Garland, TX D+14
- Tevis Ranch, Bakersfield, CA R+17
- Centretech, Aurora, CO D+34
- Ginter Park, Richmond, VA D+72
- River Oaks, Memphis, TN D+15
- Cornerstone Village North, Houston, TX D+39
- Far North Dallas-Carrollton, Carrollton, TX D+11
- Near Eastside, Syracuse, NY D+69
- Mount Pleasant, St. Louis, MO D+61
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.