The Cedars, CA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in The Cedars

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

The Cedars leans heavily Democratic by roughly 44 points: about 72% of voters vote Democratic and 28% Republican.

 

About 51% of adults in The Cedars typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in The Cedars, ~37% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How The Cedars compares

Among cities within 25 miles, The Cedars is the most Democratic-leaning.

The Cedars runs about 23 points more Democratic than California as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within The Cedars. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+52) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+6), a spread of about 46 points.

Why The Cedars 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 The Cedars, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 71% of adults in The Cedars hold a bachelor's degree, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Housing overcrowding and voter turnout

Places with heavy housing overcrowding tend to turn out at a lower rate; The Cedars, CA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in The Cedars looks the way it does

Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 9% of homes in The Cedars have more than one occupant per room, above 96% of cities. Strong routine healthcare access lines up with higher turnout, and The Cedars sits in the top quarter on routine-care measures. 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.