Trinity Alps leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Trinity Alps typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Trinity Alps, ~20% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Trinity Alps compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Trinity Alps leans more Republican than 4 of 13 neighbors.
Trinity Alps runs about 48 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Trinity Alps is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Trinity Alps 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 Trinity Alps, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Trinity Alps live in densely developed areas, about 55 points below the California average of 58%. Trinity Alps runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Trinity Alps, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Trinity Alps looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 5% of homes in Trinity Alps have more than one occupant per room, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lewiston, CA R+30
- Weaverville, CA R+14
- French Gulch, CA R+35
- Douglas City, CA R+25
- Junction City, CA R+7
- Trinity Center, CA R+28
- Summit City, CA R+40
- Shasta, CA R+35
- Keswick, CA R+41
- Lakehead, CA R+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zeeland, ND R+68
- Friendship, VA R+64
- Lula, LA R+63
- East Cabot, VT D+18
- Maggie, VA R+61
- East Krok, WI R+47
- Easton, KY R+64
- Locke, WA R+53
- Rummerfield, PA R+58
- Roy, LA R+76
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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.