Jefferson Park is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Jefferson Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Jefferson Park, ~32% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Jefferson Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Jefferson Park leans more Democratic than 18 of 26 neighbors.
Jefferson Park runs about 39 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Jefferson Park 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 Jefferson Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Jefferson Park 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 Jefferson Park have never been married, above 79% of neighborhoods.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Jefferson Park, Los Angeles, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Jefferson Park looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 29% of adults in Jefferson Park report food insecurity, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Jefferson Park sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Jefferson Park sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Mid City, Los Angeles, CA D+52
- Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA D+78
- Crenshaw, Los Angeles, CA D+74
- West Adams, Los Angeles, CA D+61
- Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA D+45
- South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA D+57
- Hyde Park, Los Angeles, CA D+70
- Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles, CA D+59
- Windsor Hills, View Park-Windsor Hills, CA D+84
- Westlake, Los Angeles, CA D+41
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Central District, Seattle, WA D+80
- Downtown, Evanston, IL D+74
- Arden Heights, Staten Island, NY R+47
- Sherwood-Tualatin South, Tualatin, OR D+28
- Edgewood-Kirkwood, Atlanta, GA D+75
- Glen-Fallstaff, Baltimore, MD D+49
- Far Northeast-Houston, Houston, TX D+5
- West Loch, Waipahu, HI D+9
- Great Bridge East, Chesapeake, VA R+26
- Potrero, San Francisco, CA D+79
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.