Mc Kittrick is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Mc Kittrick typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mc Kittrick, ~4% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mc Kittrick compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mc Kittrick is the most Republican-leaning.
Mc Kittrick runs about 102 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Mc Kittrick is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Mc Kittrick 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 Mc Kittrick, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Mc Kittrick hold a bachelor's degree, about 28 points below the California average of 35%. Mc Kittrick runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Mc Kittrick, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mc Kittrick looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mc Kittrick is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 48%, about 14 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Mc Kittrick rent, above 87% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 28% of adults in Mc Kittrick report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Simmler, CA R+27
- Lost Hills, CA D+8
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- Hinson, FL Even
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- Red Cross, PA R+66
- West Falls, PA R+39
- Rogerson, ID R+71
- Butlerville, OH R+69
- Hiwassee College, TN R+68
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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.