Turk leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 31% of adults in Turk typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Turk, ~10% vote Democratic, ~21% Republican, and ~69% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Turk compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Turk leans more Republican than 7 of 9 neighbors.
Turk runs about 56 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Turk is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Turk. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+38) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+11), a spread of about 27 points.
Why Turk 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 Turk, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Turk hold a bachelor's degree, about 27 points below the California average of 35%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Turk are family households, above 80% of cities. Turk runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Turk, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Turk looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Turk is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 37%, about 25 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 40% of households in Turk rent, compared to around 66% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 35% of adults in Turk report food insecurity, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Coalinga, CA R+14
- Huron, CA D+16
- Avenal, CA D+4
- Five Points, CA R+4
- Kettleman City, CA R+4
- Parkfield, CA R+40
- Lemoore Station, CA R+22
- Lemoore Naval Air Station, CA R+37
- Stratford, CA Even
- Cantua Creek, CA Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Goodland, KS R+63
- White Salmon, WA D+28
- Floyd, VA R+44
- Leavenworth, WA D+12
- Lake Helen, FL R+38
- Bulls Gap, TN R+72
- Howe, TX R+56
- Zumbrota, MN R+29
- Lavonia, GA R+52
- East Merrimack, NH D+12
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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.