Witter Springs leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Witter Springs typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Witter Springs, ~20% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Witter Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Witter Springs leans more Republican than 19 of 23 neighbors.
Witter Springs runs about 27 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Witter Springs is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Witter Springs 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 Witter Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Witter Springs live in densely developed areas, about 56 points below the California average of 58%. Witter Springs runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Witter Springs, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Witter Springs looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 18% of homes in Witter Springs have more than one occupant per room, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Upper Lake, CA R+7
- North Lakeport, CA R+18
- Nice, CA R+3
- Vichy Springs, CA D+26
- Lakeport, CA R+7
- Lucerne, CA R+10
- Talmage, CA D+11
- Ukiah, CA D+18
- Potter Valley, CA Even
- Redwood Valley, CA R+4
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hunnewell, KY R+59
- Kukui, HI D+27
- Brumley, MO R+68
- Mount Calm, TX R+66
- Cankton, LA R+66
- Hawk Cove, TX R+60
- Spurlockville, WV R+69
- Carlisle, MI R+43
- Deerbrook, WI R+45
- Sadsburyville, PA D+4
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.