Mount Hermon leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 93% of adults in Mount Hermon typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Hermon, ~68% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Hermon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Hermon leans more Democratic than 31 of 41 neighbors.
Mount Hermon runs about 26 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Mount Hermon 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 Mount Hermon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 64% of adults in Mount Hermon hold a bachelor's degree, about 36 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Mount Hermon sits in the top fifth on density (about 37%, above 83% of cities).
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Mount Hermon, CA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Mount Hermon looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mount Hermon 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Mount Hermon have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.