Lakeland Village leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 45% of adults in Lakeland Village typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lakeland Village, ~19% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~55% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lakeland Village compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lakeland Village leans more Republican than 40 of 57 neighbors.
Lakeland Village runs about 37 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Lakeland Village is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lakeland Village. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+33) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+14), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Lakeland Village 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 Lakeland Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Lakeland Village votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 51%, modestly below the California average of 58%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Lakeland Village are family households, above 90% of cities. Lakeland Village 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 Lakeland Village, CA does.
Why turnout in Lakeland Village looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lakeland Village is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 29% of households in Lakeland Village rent, above 82% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Lakeland Village report food insecurity, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lake Elsinore, CA R+9
- Alberhill, CA R+26
- Wildomar, CA R+22
- Canyon Lake, CA R+24
- Meadowbrook, CA R+11
- Good Hope, CA D+4
- Temescal Valley, CA R+12
- Menifee, CA R+14
- Murrieta, CA R+14
- Lake Mathews, CA R+30
Cities with Similar Populations
- Port Neches, TX R+51
- Dillon, SC D+7
- Monticello, IN R+39
- Magnolia, AR R+6
- New Palestine, IN R+41
- Bound Brook, NJ D+17
- Rayne, LA R+49
- Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY R+8
- North Auburn, CA R+13
- Liberty Lake, WA R+15
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.