Atwater, CA is a small city with a population of about 29,000 people located in Merced County. Politically, Atwater has leaned toward the Democratic Party in recent years. This trend is likely to continue in coming elections as many residents of the area are passionate about social issues such as health care access and immigration reform that the Democratic Party supports. However, Atwaterites still value bipartisanship and seek consensus solutions to local problems. While there may be a variety of local candidates for political office from different parties, Atwater voters are sure to look for candidates that will work together to solve local challenges while representing their constituents’ beliefs at the state and national level.
The political climate in Atwater, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Merced County, CA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merced county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.3%.
Merced county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atwater, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, California is somewhat liberal.
Merced Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Atwater, 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 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 Atwater, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,312 contributions totaling $97,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 781 contributions totaling $172,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)