Palo Verde leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Palo Verde typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Palo Verde, ~17% vote Democratic, ~21% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Palo Verde compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Palo Verde leans more Republican than 1 of 5 neighbors.
Palo Verde runs about 28 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Palo Verde is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Palo Verde. The west side is the most split-leaning (R+11) and the north side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Palo Verde 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 Palo Verde, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of adults in Palo Verde hold a bachelor's degree, about 34 points below the California average of 35%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Palo Verde sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 94% of cities). Palo Verde runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Palo Verde, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Palo Verde looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Palo Verde is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 46%, about 16 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 85% of households in Palo Verde rent, compared to around 38% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 32% of adults in Palo Verde report food insecurity, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cibola, AZ R+47
- Ripley, CA R+10
- Blythe, CA D+6
- East Blythe, CA R+19
- Ehrenberg, AZ R+34
- Quartzsite, AZ R+38
- Fishers Landing, AZ R+46
- Lake Tamarisk, CA R+33
- Poston, AZ D+13
- Bard, CA D+27
Cities with Similar Populations
- Enon, MO R+68
- Locust Hill, KY R+66
- Pawelekville, TX R+69
- Flitners Corner, WY R+75
- Danby, KY R+58
- Little City, OK R+64
- Hume, CA R+55
- Browns, AL D+36
- Mount Victoria, MD R+26
- White Plains, SC R+60
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.