Visitacion Valley leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Visitacion Valley typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Visitacion Valley, ~32% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Visitacion Valley compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Visitacion Valley leans more Democratic than 5 of 40 neighbors.
Visitacion Valley runs about 16 points more Democratic than California as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Visitacion Valley. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+42) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+32), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Visitacion Valley 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 Visitacion Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Visitacion Valley is about 9%, about 63 points below the U.S. average of 72%.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, CA sits in the top 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 Visitacion Valley looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 11% of homes in Visitacion Valley have more than one occupant per room, above 93% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Excelsior, San Francisco, CA D+39
- St Marys Park, San Francisco, CA D+53
- Silver Terrace, San Francisco, CA D+36
- Bayview, San Francisco, CA D+57
- Crocker Amazon, San Francisco, CA D+34
- Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA D+78
- Outer Mission, San Francisco, CA D+48
- Glen Park, San Francisco, CA D+79
- Crocker, Daly City, CA D+42
- Ingleside, San Francisco, CA D+50
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Midway, Escondido, CA D+14
- Cedar Brook, Philadelphia, PA D+90
- Southeast, Canal Winchester, OH D+33
- Forest Hill, Newark, NJ D+33
- Sand Lake, Anchorage, AK D+19
- Urbandale-Parkdale, Dallas, TX D+48
- Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista, Philadelphia, PA D+60
- Rochdale Village, Queens, NY D+83
- South Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA D+12
- Kingsessing, Philadelphia, PA D+88
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.