Chowchilla, California is a small farming community located in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The city has a population of around 18,000 people and is known for its strong ties to agriculture. Chowchilla is home to a variety of political organizations including the Merced County Democratic Club, Women’s Political Network and the Center for Political Education. Local issues that are important to residents include water rights, immigration reform and increased public safety. Chowchilla has several local elected officials who are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents in local and state government. Local elections are held regularly to fill these positions and give citizens an active role in their government.
The political climate in Chowchilla, CA is leaning conservative.
Madera County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Madera County, CA 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madera county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 43.1%.
Madera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chowchilla, CA is leaning conservative.
Madera County, California is somewhat conservative.
Madera Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Chowchilla, 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 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 Chowchilla, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $8,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $84,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)