Wood Park leans heavily Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Wood Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wood Park, ~34% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wood Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Wood Park leans more Democratic than 4 of 8 neighbors.
Wood Park runs about 36 points more Democratic than Arizona as a whole. Arizona leans Republican overall, while Wood Park is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Wood Park. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+43) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+22), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Wood Park 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 Wood Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Wood Park live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 57% of adults in Wood Park have never been married, above 91% of neighborhoods. Wood Park runs against the grain of Arizona, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Wood Park, Tempe, AZ does.
Why turnout in Wood Park looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Wood Park is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 6% of homes in Wood Park have more than one occupant per room, above 80% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Baseline-Hardy, Tempe, AZ D+24
- Peterson, Tempe, AZ D+30
- Tempe Royal Estates, Tempe, AZ D+22
- Tempe Junction, Tempe, AZ D+39
- Meyer Park, Tempe, AZ D+29
- Downtown Tempe, Tempe, AZ D+38
- Sunset, Tempe, AZ D+41
- Riverside, Tempe, AZ D+42
- Escalante, Tempe, AZ D+31
- Ahwatukee, Phoenix, AZ D+6
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Norwood Park, Dundalk, MD R+14
- Wrightsboro, Wilmington, NC R+3
- Larrymore Lawns, Norfolk, VA D+58
- Garden District, Baton Rouge, LA D+63
- Eastern 49-63, Kansas City, MO D+72
- Roselawn, Brighton, NY D+61
- Barry Harbour, Kansas City, MO D+13
- Pinewood-West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL D+38
- Far North Dallas-Roanoke, Roanoke, TX R+16
- Atlantic Boulevard Estates, Jacksonville, FL D+4
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Arizona 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.