The city of Airport, CA is a vibrant and active community with plenty of political discourse. The city is served by an elected mayor and five council members who serve four-year terms. These council members represent the citizens of Airport, CA in making decisions that impact important aspects of life in the city including public safety, education, roads, parks and recreation. The local government holds regular meetings where citizens can voice their opinions on issues that affect them. Citizens also have the opportunity to get involved in local campaigns for candidates running for office. During election season there is always plenty of debate about different ideas and visions for the future of Airport, CA.
The political climate in Airport, CA is somewhat liberal.
Stanislaus County, CA is leaning liberal. In Stanislaus County, CA 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanislaus county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.2%.
Stanislaus county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Airport, CA is somewhat liberal.
Stanislaus County, California is leaning liberal.
Modesto Metro Area is leaning 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.
Airport, 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 Airport, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,993 contributions totaling $170,847 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $100,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)