Mid City-Santa Ana leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.
About 32% of adults in Mid City-Santa Ana typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mid City-Santa Ana, ~21% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mid City-Santa Ana compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Mid City-Santa Ana leans more Democratic than 28 of 33 neighbors.
Mid City-Santa Ana runs about 13 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Mid City-Santa Ana 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 Mid City-Santa Ana, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Mid City-Santa Ana 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 47% of adults in Mid City-Santa Ana have never been married, above 78% of neighborhoods.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Mid City-Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mid City-Santa Ana looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mid City-Santa Ana is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 26%, about 15 points above the California average of 10%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 33% of adults in Mid City-Santa Ana report food insecurity, above 86% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 54% of adults in Mid City-Santa Ana have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Thornton Park, Santa Ana, CA D+18
- Pico-Lowell, Santa Ana, CA D+34
- Central City Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA D+32
- New Horizons, Santa Ana, CA D+33
- Wilshire Square, Santa Ana, CA D+28
- Memorial Park, Santa Ana, CA D+31
- Townsend-Raitt, Santa Ana, CA D+34
- Henninger Park, Santa Ana, CA D+32
- Valley Adams, Santa Ana, CA D+23
- Flower Park, Santa Ana, CA D+20
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Pembroke Falls, Pembroke Pines, FL D+11
- Tatnuck, Worcester, MA D+32
- Plymouth Colony, Atlanta, GA D+45
- Gladstone, Chicago, IL D+23
- Rolando, San Diego, CA D+42
- Pico-Lowell, Santa Ana, CA D+34
- South Collinwood, Cleveland, OH D+83
- Upper B Street, Hayward, CA D+45
- Victoria Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL D+6
- Greater South Side, Des Moines, IA D+12
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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.