Waterloo, CA is a small town in the Central Valley of California. It has a proud history and many local businesses, but it lacks strong political representation. On the state level, Waterloo is part of California's 10th congressional district and is represented by Congressman Josh Harder. At the county level, Waterloo is included in Stanislaus County's Board of Supervisors District 4. Local residents are represented by Supervisor Vito Chiesa. The town of Waterloo has no mayor or city council, but there are local activists that work to ensure that the concerns of the community are heard on a regional and national level. Residents take part in fundraising campaigns to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions regarding infrastructure projects, educational funding, public safety initiatives, and much more.
The political climate in Waterloo, CA is leaning conservative.
San Joaquin County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Joaquin County, CA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Joaquin county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.8%.
San Joaquin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterloo, CA is leaning conservative.
San Joaquin County, California is somewhat liberal.
Stockton 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.
Waterloo, 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 Waterloo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 451 contributions totaling $23,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $35,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)