Sunwood Central, Santa Ana, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sunwood Central

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

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

 

About 38% of adults in Sunwood Central typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sunwood Central, ~24% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sunwood Central compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Sunwood Central leans more Democratic than 18 of 37 neighbors.

Sunwood Central runs about 4 points more Democratic than California as a whole.

Why Sunwood Central 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 Sunwood Central, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Sunwood Central live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Sunwood Central, Santa Ana, CA does.

Why turnout in Sunwood Central looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sunwood Central 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 42% of homes in Sunwood Central have more than one occupant per room, in the top fraction of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 63% of adults in Sunwood Central have completed high school, below 97% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.