Sky Valley leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Sky Valley typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sky Valley, ~24% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sky Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sky Valley leans more Republican than 23 of 31 neighbors.
Sky Valley runs about 25 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Sky Valley is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sky Valley. The north side is the most split-leaning (R+12) and the south side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Sky Valley 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 Sky Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Sky Valley votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 20%, far below the California average of 58%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. Sky Valley runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Sky Valley, CA does.
Why turnout in Sky Valley looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sky Valley is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 7% of homes in Sky Valley have more than one occupant per room, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Desert Edge, CA R+2
- Thousand Palms, CA D+8
- Garnet, CA D+20
- Desert Hot Springs, CA D+13
- Cathedral City, CA D+22
- North Palm Springs, CA D+15
- Rancho Mirage, CA D+15
- Desert Palms, CA D+6
- Palm Springs, CA D+37
- Palm Desert, CA D+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ellinwood, KS R+60
- North Eastham, MA D+30
- Murphy, OR R+29
- Delano, TN R+70
- Cascade, ID R+49
- Olinda, CA R+44
- Trinidad, TX R+66
- Moline Acres, MO D+85
- Aspers, PA R+45
- Redfield, AR R+70
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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.