Salton City, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Salton City

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Salton City leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.

 

About 29% of adults in Salton City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Salton City, ~13% vote Democratic, ~16% Republican, and ~71% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Salton City compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Salton City leans more Republican than 6 of 8 neighbors.

Salton City runs about 32 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Salton City is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Salton City. The southwest side is the most split-leaning (R+36) and the northwest side is the least split-leaning (R+2), a spread of about 34 points.

Why Salton City 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 Salton City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 6% of adults in Salton City hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 points below the California average of 35%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Salton City sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 97% of cities). Salton City runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Salton City, CA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Salton City looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Salton City 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%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 33% of adults in Salton City report food insecurity, above 97% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 62% of adults in Salton City have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.