Ford City, CA is a small town located in the northern part of California. It is governed by a mayor and a 4-member city council who are elected to serve the citizens of Ford City. The current mayor, John Smith, was elected in 2020 and has been advocating for improved infrastructure and public services. The city council members include Mary White, Barbara Johnson, James Adams, and Tom Parker. They focus on implementing policies to improve the quality of life for all residents of Ford City. Through their combined efforts they have been able to bring increased investment into the area while also ensuring that everyone has access to essential services such as healthcare, education and transportation. In addition, they have worked hard to ensure that economic development initiatives are being implemented to stimulate job growth and increase local incomes. The political environment in Ford City is active with various groups advocating for different causes ranging from environmental issues to social justice concerns.
The political climate in Ford City, CA is leaning conservative.
Kern County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Kern County, CA 43.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kern county remained strongly Republican, 53.9% to 43.7%.
Kern county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ford City, CA is leaning conservative.
Kern County, California is somewhat conservative.
Bakersfield 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.
Ford City, 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 Ford City, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $5,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $67,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)