Pacific Heights is a Democratic stronghold. About 85% of voters here vote Democratic and 15% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Pacific Heights typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pacific Heights, ~63% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pacific Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Pacific Heights leans more Democratic than 23 of 37 neighbors.
Pacific Heights runs about 49 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Pacific Heights 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 Pacific Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Pacific Heights live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Pacific Heights sits in the top quarter (about 84%, above 98% of neighborhoods). A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 49% of adults in Pacific Heights have never been married, above 81% of neighborhoods.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Pacific Heights, San Francisco, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pacific Heights looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pacific Heights 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Cow Hollow, San Francisco, CA D+64
- Marina-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA D+63
- Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA D+62
- Western Addition, San Francisco, CA D+73
- Russian Hill, San Francisco, CA D+68
- Downtown San Francisco, San Francisco, CA D+56
- Presidio Heights, San Francisco, CA D+72
- Union Square, San Francisco, CA D+59
- Chinatown-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA D+38
- Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA D+82
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- South West, Washington, DC D+76
- West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH D+30
- Oleander Sunset, Bakersfield, CA D+17
- Downtown Houston, Houston, TX D+49
- Whitmer-Trilby, Toledo, OH D+2
- North Collinwood, Cleveland, OH D+71
- Business District, Irvine, CA D+16
- Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford, Baltimore, MD D+67
- Chisholm Creek, Wichita, KS D+9
- Lower Vailsburg, Newark, NJ D+72
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.