Alpaugh, CA is a small rural community located in California's Central Valley. The city has a strong sense of community with many long-time residents who are very involved in the politics of Alpaugh. There are many local organizations and clubs that provide residents with the chance to meet their neighbors and discuss different political issues. Each year, for example, the Alpaugh City Council holds annual elections in order to select new representatives for each ward of the city. These representatives then work together to make decisions about important matters concerning the city such as budgeting, zoning laws, and infrastructure projects. Additionally, there are numerous special interest groups which exist within the city that have their own agendas and goals when it comes to local policy making. Overall, due to its smaller population size and strong sense of community, Alpaugh is able to foster an environment where citizens can be engaged with local politics and help shape their city's future.
The political climate in Alpaugh, CA is leaning liberal.
Tulare County, CA is leaning conservative. In Tulare County, CA 45.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulare county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.0%.
Tulare county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alpaugh, CA is leaning liberal.
Tulare County, California is leaning conservative.
Visalia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Alpaugh, 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 Alpaugh, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)