Santa Clara Street leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Santa Clara Street typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Santa Clara Street, ~30% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Santa Clara Street compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Santa Clara Street leans more Democratic than 12 of 21 neighbors.
Santa Clara Street runs about 19 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Why Santa Clara Street 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 Santa Clara Street, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Santa Clara Street live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Santa Clara Street, Hayward, CA sits in the top tenth 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 Santa Clara Street looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 14% of homes in Santa Clara Street have more than one occupant per room, above 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Burbank-Hayward, Hayward, CA D+42
- Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, CA D+37
- Jackson Triangle, Hayward, CA D+38
- Southgate, Hayward, CA D+39
- Mt Eden, Hayward, CA D+30
- North Hayward, Hayward, CA D+42
- Mission-Foothill, Hayward, CA D+43
- Harder-Tennyson, Hayward, CA D+37
- Whitman-Mocine, Hayward, CA D+33
- Upper B Street, Hayward, CA D+45
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Lakeshore at University Park, Miramar, FL D+58
- Scarsdale, Arlington Heights, IL D+25
- Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, Shreveport, LA D+80
- Hyde Park, Jacksonville, FL D+31
- Northwest Los Angeles Heights, San Antonio, TX D+32
- Presidio Heights, San Francisco, CA D+72
- Prides Crossing, Aurora, CO D+13
- Englewood, Jacksonville, FL R+5
- Emerson Garfield, Spokane, WA D+21
- Boulevard Heights, St. Louis, MO D+25
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.