Shingle Springs, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Shingle Springs

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

Shingle Springs leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.

 

About 80% of adults in Shingle Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shingle Springs, ~30% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Shingle Springs compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Shingle Springs leans more Republican than 39 of 71 neighbors.

Shingle Springs runs about 44 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Shingle Springs is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shingle Springs. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+28) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+15), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Shingle Springs 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 Shingle Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Shingle Springs votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 29%, well below the California average of 58%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Shingle Springs are family households, above 79% of cities. Shingle Springs runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Shingle Springs, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Shingle Springs looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shingle Springs is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Shingle Springs have completed high school, above 87% 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.