China Lake Acres is a small town in California with a population of about 5,000 people. The local political climate is relatively laid back, as people are mainly concerned with their day to day lives and the needs of their own families and communities. Residents vote during elections to choose local representatives who will look out for their interests. The town's representatives are active members of both state and federal governments, pushing for policies that benefit the residents of China Lake Acres. Every few years the residents hold a town hall meeting where they can raise issues and address concerns with their representative or other city officials. This helps ensure that the elected officials stay up to date and informed on the wants and needs of the community they serve.
The political climate in China Lake Acres, CA is leaning 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
China Lake Acres, CA is leaning 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.
China Lake Acres, 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 China Lake Acres, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,335 contributions totaling $93,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 517 contributions totaling $76,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)