Peters leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Peters typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Peters, ~16% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Peters compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Peters leans more Republican than 33 of 41 neighbors.
Peters runs about 66 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Peters is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Peters 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 Peters, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Peters votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Peters runs about 66 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Peters sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 87% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Peters are family households, above 92% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Peters, CA sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Peters looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 45% of households in Peters rent, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 14% of homes in Peters have more than one occupant per room, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Escalon, CA R+42
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Cities with Similar Populations
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- Kingsley, KY D+49
- Dumont, MN R+54
- Rockport, KY R+64
- Riceville, MS R+81
- Westway, TX R+62
- Redfield, KS R+67
- East Arlington, VT D+10
- Old Fort, OH R+52
- Teague, TN R+58
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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.