The Visalia-Porterville, CA Metro Area is a lively and active place politically. This region is part of the larger Tulare County, which is home to a diverse population with different backgrounds and beliefs. In recent years, the area has seen an increase in voter participation, with both Republicans and Democrats being represented in elections. Local political candidates have been highly focused on issues such as public safety, education reform, economic growth and job creation. The community is passionate about its political involvement, often engaging in debates over new policies and initiatives. Overall, the Visalia-Porterville metro area has an engaged and vibrant political scene that shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.
The political climate in Visalia Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Visalia Metro Area 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, the Visalia-Porterville metro area remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.0%.
The Visalia-Porterville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Visalia, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Visalia Metro Area
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)