Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% Republican.
About 81% of adults in Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles, ~46% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles compares
Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.
Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles runs about 7 points more Republican than California as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+17) and the west side runs the most Republican (Even), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles 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 Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 61% of adults in Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles hold a bachelor's degree, about 32 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles, Westlake Village, CA does.
Why turnout in Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Westlake Village Area-Los Angeles have completed high school, above 81% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Westlake Village, Westlake Village, CA D+10
- Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, CA D+22
- Greek Track, Simi Valley, CA Even
- Lemonwood Eastmont, Oxnard, CA D+35
- East Village Oxnard, Oxnard, CA D+24
- Portar Ranch, Northridge, CA D+12
- Cypress, Oxnard, CA D+29
- Cal-Gisler, Oxnard, CA D+41
- El Rio, Oxnard, CA D+34
- La Colonia, Oxnard, CA D+39
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Southside, Augusta, GA D+48
- Devington, Indianapolis, IN D+78
- East Central Westminster, Westminster, CO D+18
- Pembroke, Detroit, MI D+89
- Airport, Detroit, MI D+57
- Beechhurst, Queens, NY R+20
- Westborough, South San Francisco, CA D+41
- Deep Creek West, Chesapeake, VA D+5
- Land Park, Sacramento, CA D+63
- Lower Bal, San Leandro, CA D+39
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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.