Tulare, CA is home to a diverse and vibrant community of people. It is located in Central California and has a strong agricultural economy. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council members who oversee local ordinances and policies. Its political landscape consists of both major parties – the Democratic and Republican Party – as well as independents. Every two years, the citizens of Tulare get the opportunity to vote for their representatives at all levels of government, from city council members to state legislators and congressional representatives. Currently, Congressman David Valadao represents Tulare in Congress. He was first elected in 2012 and has been re-elected multiple times since then. Furthermore, Tulare's mayor is Jose Sigala, who was elected in 2016 after winning a tight race against his challenger. Both Mayor Sigala and Congressman Valadao have sought to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Tulare through economic development initiatives, infrastructure improvements, educational programming, public safety measures, and more. With ongoing collaboration between local leaders, residents can look forward to continued progress for their city in the years ahead.
The political climate in Tulare, CA is leaning liberal.
Tulare County, CA is leaning conservative. In Tulare County, CA 45.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulare county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.0%.
Tulare county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tulare, CA is leaning liberal.
Tulare County, California is leaning conservative.
Visalia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Tulare, 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 Tulare, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $29,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 513 contributions totaling $337,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $658 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)