Paicines leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Paicines typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Paicines, ~13% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Paicines compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Paicines leans more Republican than 9 of 10 neighbors.
Paicines runs about 68 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Paicines is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Paicines 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 Paicines, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Paicines votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Paicines runs about 68 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Paicines sits in the bottom quarter on density (fewer than 1%, in the bottom fraction of cities).
Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean
Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Paicines, CA does.
Why turnout in Paicines looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 32% of households in Paicines rent, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Strong routine healthcare access lines up with higher turnout, and Paicines sits in the top quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pinnacles, CA R+41
- Tres Pinos, CA R+35
- Soledad, CA D+22
- Panoche, CA R+26
- Metz, CA R+3
- Gonzales, CA D+21
- Greenfield, CA D+28
- Chualar, CA Even
- Hollister, CA D+13
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ypsilanti, ND R+57
- East Laurinburg, NC D+13
- Roe, AR R+72
- Egypt, AL R+81
- Riverton, OR R+30
- Ransom, KS R+81
- Randalia, MD R+47
- Reed Corners, NY R+41
- Ratcliff, TX R+52
- Alhambra, VA R+46
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.