Paradise Park is a Democratic stronghold. About 90% of voters here vote Democratic and 10% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Paradise Park typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Paradise Park, ~56% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Paradise Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Paradise Park leans more Democratic than 28 of 50 neighbors.
Paradise Park runs about 60 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Paradise Park 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 Paradise Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Paradise Park live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Paradise Park sits in the top quarter (about 64%, above 85% of neighborhoods).
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Paradise Park, Emeryville, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Paradise Park looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Paradise Park sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Golden Gate, Emeryville, CA D+81
- Bushrod, Oakland, CA D+85
- Longfellow, Emeryville, CA D+80
- SouthWest Berkeley, Berkeley, CA D+79
- Santa Fe, Emeryville, CA D+81
- Fairview Park, Oakland, CA D+88
- South Berkeley, Berkeley, CA D+79
- Shafter, Oakland, CA D+87
- Clawson, Emeryville, CA D+66
- Temescal, Oakland, CA D+83
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Bedford Hills, Lynchburg, VA R+3
- Highland Oaks, St. Petersburg, FL D+79
- Boynton Lakes Plaza, Boynton Beach, FL D+6
- Wedgewood, Tucker, GA D+34
- Wexford, Madison, WI D+63
- Brookwood, Acworth, GA Even
- Downtown Newman, Newman, CA R+3
- West Gate, Sudley, VA D+17
- North Side Hill, Eau Claire, WI D+22
- Marquette, Muskegon, MI D+43
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.