The politics in 95363 Patterson, CA are shaped by both state and local governing bodies. At the state level, California has a two-party system with the Democratic and Republican parties dominating the political landscape. The governor, senators, representatives, and other elected officials hold office at the state level. At the local level, Patterson is governed by a seven-member city council elected to serve four-year terms. The Mayor is chosen by majority vote of the City Council from among its members. Municipal elections are held every two years on even numbered years in November. Registered voters in Patterson can elect candidates that best represent their interests and values when voting for local representatives.
The political climate in Zip 95363 (Patterson, CA) is leaning liberal.
Stanislaus County, CA is leaning liberal. In Stanislaus County, CA 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanislaus county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.2%.
Stanislaus county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95363 (Patterson, CA) is leaning liberal.
Patterson, California is leaning liberal.
Stanislaus County, California is leaning liberal.
Modesto Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Patterson, California: r R d d d d
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 zip 95363 (Patterson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,084 contributions totaling $23,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $32,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)