Santa Rita Park, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Santa Rita Park

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

Santa Rita Park is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.

 

About 26% of adults in Santa Rita Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Santa Rita Park, ~6% vote Democratic, ~20% Republican, and ~74% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Santa Rita Park compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Santa Rita Park leans more Republican than 27 of 28 neighbors.

Santa Rita Park runs about 76 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Santa Rita Park is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Santa Rita Park. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+66) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+36), a spread of about 30 points.

Why Santa Rita Park 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 Santa Rita Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Santa Rita Park votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Santa Rita Park runs about 76 points more Republican. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Santa Rita Park sits in the bottom quarter (about 13%, below 85% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 90% of households in Santa Rita Park are family households, in the top fraction of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Santa Rita Park, CA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Santa Rita Park looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Santa Rita Park 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 50%, about 12 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 56% of households in Santa Rita Park rent, about 31 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 29% of adults in Santa Rita Park report food insecurity, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.