Sheep Ranch leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.
About 40% of adults in Sheep Ranch typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sheep Ranch, ~16% vote Democratic, ~24% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sheep Ranch compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sheep Ranch leans more Republican than 12 of 46 neighbors.
Sheep Ranch runs about 38 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Sheep Ranch is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Sheep Ranch 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 Sheep Ranch, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Sheep Ranch votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Sheep Ranch runs about 38 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Sheep Ranch sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 83% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Sheep Ranch are family households, above 95% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Sheep Ranch, CA sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Sheep Ranch looks the way it does
Turnout in Sheep Ranch sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Avery, CA R+8
- Mountain Ranch, CA R+18
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- White Pines, CA R+18
- Arnold, CA D+9
- Rail Road Flat, CA R+30
- Murphys, CA R+7
- Dorrington, CA D+14
- Glencoe, CA R+27
- Wilseyville, CA R+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zittau, WI R+36
- Ideal, SD R+69
- Belmore, OH R+66
- Elliott, ND R+51
- Jenkins, MO R+71
- Sentell, LA R+53
- Rosiere, NY R+16
- Rocky Head, AL R+81
- Energy, TX R+76
- Sarita, TX R+43
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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.