Ocean View leans heavily Democratic by roughly 44 points: about 72% of voters vote Democratic and 28% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Ocean View typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ocean View, ~39% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ocean View compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Ocean View leans more Democratic than 16 of 46 neighbors.
Ocean View runs about 25 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Ocean View. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+53) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+38), a spread of about 14 points.
Why Ocean View 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 Ocean View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Ocean View live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Ocean View, San Francisco, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Ocean View looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 10% of homes in Ocean View have more than one occupant per room, above 91% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Ocean View have completed high school, below 80% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Ingleside, San Francisco, CA D+50
- Outer Mission, San Francisco, CA D+48
- Crocker, Daly City, CA D+42
- Original Daly City, Daly City, CA D+40
- Lakeshore, San Francisco, CA D+49
- Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA D+55
- Crocker Amazon, San Francisco, CA D+34
- West of Twin Peaks, San Francisco, CA D+62
- Hillside, Daly City, CA D+39
- Broadmoor, Daly City, CA D+36
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- South Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ D+30
- Hermosa, Chicago, IL D+44
- Liliha-Kapalama, Honolulu, HI D+23
- Lower Peters Canyon, Irvine, CA D+13
- Bear Creek, Stockton, CA D+15
- Outer Richmond, San Francisco, CA D+57
- Tierrasanta, San Diego, CA D+20
- University, Riverside, CA D+29
- Greenbrier West, Chesapeake, VA D+25
- Northwest Omaha, Omaha, NE D+10
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.