Martens-Carmelita leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Martens-Carmelita typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Martens-Carmelita, ~45% vote Democratic, ~20% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Martens-Carmelita compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Martens-Carmelita leans more Democratic than 6 of 20 neighbors.
Martens-Carmelita runs about 18 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Martens-Carmelita 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 Martens-Carmelita, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 74% of adults in Martens-Carmelita hold a bachelor's degree, about 45 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Martens-Carmelita sits in the top fifth on density (more than 99%, above 89% of neighborhoods).
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Martens-Carmelita, Mountain View, CA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Martens-Carmelita looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Martens-Carmelita is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Cuesta Park, Mountain View, CA D+40
- Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA D+60
- Whisman Station, Mountain View, CA D+45
- Sunnyvale West, Sunnyvale, CA D+37
- Jackson Park, Mountain View, CA D+53
- North Whisman, Mountain View, CA D+39
- Shoreline West, Mountain View, CA D+54
- South Los Altos, Los Altos, CA D+38
- Heritage District, Sunnyvale, CA D+43
- Lowlanders, Sunnyvale, CA D+42
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Meadow Springs, Richland, WA R+7
- South Park, Tucson, AZ D+38
- Puhi, Lihue, HI D+17
- Bayou St John, New Orleans, LA D+59
- Rolling Roads, Greensboro, NC D+51
- Colemans Daytona, Daytona Beach, FL D+68
- Marinwood, San Rafael, CA D+42
- Northwest Redlands, Redlands, CA D+14
- Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City, MO D+6
- Lake Park, Worcester, MA D+30
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.