Madera Acres leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Madera Acres typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Madera Acres, ~22% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Madera Acres compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Madera Acres leans more Republican than 8 of 24 neighbors.
Madera Acres runs about 35 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Madera Acres is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Madera Acres. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+19) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+8), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Madera 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 Madera Acres, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Madera Acres votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 69%, modestly above 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 83% of households in Madera Acres are family households, above 94% of cities. Madera Acres runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Madera Acres, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Madera Acres looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Madera Acres is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 28% of adults in Madera Acres report food insecurity, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Madera, CA Even
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- Chowchilla, CA R+26
- Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA R+37
- Biola, CA R+21
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bohemia, NY R+33
- Waynesville, OH R+50
- Mexia, TX R+18
- Page, AZ D+3
- Villa Hills, KY R+21
- Lake Alfred, FL R+21
- Woodfield, SC D+55
- Kula, HI D+18
- York, NE R+45
- Herkimer, NY R+17
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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.