Parksdale, California is a small town on the edge of the San Joaquin Valley. It is home to a few thousand residents who take pride in their community and its spirit of collaboration and cooperation. The town is governed by elected officials who serve on the City Council. These officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of all Parksdale citizens. They work together to ensure that local issues like public safety, economic development, infrastructure, and education are addressed properly. Through regular meetings with their constituents, the elected City Council members strive to create an environment that works for everyone. In addition to its city council members, Parksdale also elects representatives for Congress and State Assembly seats, ensuring that at the local level representatives are given a voice in both state and federal matters.
The political climate in Parksdale, CA is leaning liberal.
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
Parksdale, CA is leaning liberal.
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.
Parksdale, 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 Parksdale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $44,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $42,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)