McSwain, CA is a small town located in the heart of California. Despite its size, McSwain boasts an active political scene with a variety of local candidates up for election each year. Residents of the town take great pride in their ability to choose their own representatives and can be found discussing current issues at local cafes or organizing rallies in the town center. Community members are encouraged to become engaged with local politics by attending town hall meetings and voting in elections. The mayor and city council work together to make sure the citizens of McSwain have access to important information about local policies and initiatives. With so many dedicated individuals working towards creating a better community, it’s no wonder that McSwain is known as an example for other small towns across California.
The political climate in McSwain, CA is leaning 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
McSwain, CA is leaning 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.
McSwain, 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 McSwain, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,951 contributions totaling $102,258 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 792 contributions totaling $172,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)