Tulare County is located in Central California and is home to approximately 442,179 people. It has a vibrant political landscape, with strong local candidates vying for office on the state and federal levels. On the county level, Tulare’s Board of Supervisors is made up of five elected representatives, who are responsible for making decisions on important issues like public safety, economic development, health care, and community services. The county also elects representatives to the California State Assembly, Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Throughout the year there are numerous forums held by each district to give citizens the opportunity to hear directly from their elected officials about how they will be representing them in state and federal government. Additionally, there are many civic organizations dedicated to providing a voice for residents in politics such as Tulare County’s Democratic headquarters and Republican Women Federated of Tulare County. These groups work to empower citizens in the electoral process by advocating for issues that impact their lives in this rapidly growing region of California.
The political climate in 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 County, CA 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,899 contributions totaling $460,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,324 contributions totaling $1,965,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $455 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)