Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is located in Edwards, California. It is an important base for the US Air Force, and plays a key role in the country's defense. The base has a vibrant community of active duty personnel and their families who call it home. As such, the politics of Edwards AFB are often closely watched by its residents. Local elections are held to determine representatives on both the city council and the base leadership. Issues like housing, education, law enforcement, infrastructure, and quality of life are all topics that concern local voters at these elections. With debates about taxes and other financial matters also taking place at times, political involvement among those living on or near the base is high. In addition to local elections, Edwards AFB also votes in countywide races as well as state and federal contests. Residents take part in democracy by expressing their views through voting or engaging with elected officials directly during town halls or other public forums held regularly on the base.
The political climate in Edwards AFB, CA is leaning conservative.
Kern County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Kern County, CA 43.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kern county remained strongly Republican, 53.9% to 43.7%.
Kern county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edwards AFB, CA is leaning conservative.
Kern County, California is somewhat conservative.
Bakersfield Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
California is strongly liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Edwards AFB, California: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Edwards AFB, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $4,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,779 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)