The picturesque town of Onyx, CA is located in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Onyx is home to a diverse population with a variety of political views. In recent years, the town has seen an increase in political engagement and visibility among its citizens as they come together to discuss local issues. Onyx residents are vocal about their opinions and are interested in finding solutions that will benefit everyone in the community. Despite not having any local political candidates, Onyx is full of passionate individuals who take part in rallies, protests, and discussions around important topics such as education reform, environmental protection, and economic development. Onyx residents have worked hard to make sure their voices are heard both locally and nationally by taking part in marches, writing letters to elected officials, participating in candidate forums, and attending town hall meetings.
The political climate in Onyx, CA is somewhat 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
Onyx, CA is somewhat 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.
Onyx, 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 Onyx, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $9,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)