Williams leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Williams typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Williams, ~20% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Williams compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Williams is the least Republican-leaning.
Williams runs about 25 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Williams is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Williams. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+7) and the west side runs the most Republican (R+48), a spread of about 54 points.
Why Williams 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 Williams, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Williams votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 45%, modestly below the California average of 58%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Williams sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 78% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Williams are family households, above 86% of cities.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Williams, CA does.
Why turnout in Williams looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Williams is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 43% of households in Williams rent, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 24% of adults in Williams report food insecurity, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.