Palisades is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 42% of adults in Palisades typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Palisades, ~10% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Palisades compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Palisades leans more Republican than 16 of 18 neighbors.
Palisades runs about 71 points more Republican than Washington as a whole. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Palisades is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Palisades. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+57) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+37), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Palisades 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 Palisades, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Palisades live in densely developed areas, about 37 points below the Washington average of 41%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Palisades are family households, above 78% of cities. Palisades runs against the grain of Washington, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Palisades, WA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Palisades looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 35% of households in Palisades rent, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Rock Island, WA R+36
- Farmer, WA R+57
- Trinidad, WA R+39
- Quincy, WA R+19
- Winchester, WA R+53
- Malaga, WA R+39
- Ephrata, WA R+44
- East Wenatchee, WA R+24
- Waterville, WA R+38
- Lakeview Park, WA R+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- Naturl Br Sta, VA R+61
- Paden, MS R+81
- Rodney, PA R+51
- Coates, MN R+32
- Odell, IN R+49
- Texas, KY R+64
- Garwood, MO R+65
- Mayday, GA R+66
- Junction City, SD R+52
- Waldrop, VA R+30
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington 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.