Valley Acres is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Valley Acres typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Valley Acres, ~5% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Valley Acres compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Valley Acres leans more Republican than 15 of 16 neighbors.
Valley Acres runs about 100 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Valley Acres is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Valley Acres. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+78) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+60), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Valley Acres 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 Valley Acres, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Valley Acres hold a bachelor's degree, about 27 points below the California average of 35%. Valley Acres runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean
Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Valley Acres, CA does.
Why turnout in Valley Acres looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Valley Acres 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 48%, about 14 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 30% of households in Valley Acres rent, above 84% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 28% of adults in Valley Acres report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Ford City, CA R+57
- Taft, CA R+40
- South Taft, CA R+19
- Tupman, CA R+73
- Fellows, CA R+80
- Maricopa, CA R+63
- Buttonwillow, CA R+23
- Mc Kittrick, CA R+82
- Mexican Colony, CA R+52
- Pumpkin Center, CA R+29
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fulda, IN R+42
- Floralhill, GA R+47
- Centerville, NC R+45
- Redwine, KY R+68
- Redbird, WY R+90
- Claquato, WA R+27
- Clementson, MN R+36
- Prairie, ID R+55
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.