Bowles, CA is an unincorporated community located in San Diego County. It has a small population and is relatively rural compared to other parts of the county. Although Bowles does not have its own local government or elected officials, it is part of the larger San Diego County political landscape. The county elects supervisors who serve as representatives for districts that include Bowles, and these supervisors are tasked with making decisions that impact all residents of the county. Additionally, Bowles residents are also eligible to vote in state elections for representatives like Assembly members and Senators who make decisions that affect life in the entire state of California. While Bowles does not have its own local political candidates, residents can take part in democracy by participating in county and state elections.
The political climate in Bowles, CA is leaning liberal.
Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal. In Fresno County, CA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fresno county remained moderately Democratic, 52.9% to 45.1%.
Fresno county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowles, CA is leaning liberal.
Fresno County, California is leaning liberal.
Fresno 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.
Bowles, 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 Bowles, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $43,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $674 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $127,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $876 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)