Delhi, California is a small town located in Merced County with a population of around 7,100 people. The local government system in Delhi consists of a mayor, five city council members and various staff members working hard to ensure that the citizens of Delhi have access to quality services. The mayor of Delhi is Craig Johnson and the city council members are John Marquez, Isaias Dominguez, Irma Maldonado, Martina Cardenas, and Frank Nez. These elected officials are responsible for creating laws and enforcing them throughout the city. They also manage the budget, work on projects to improve the community, and plan for special events. In addition to these roles, they are also responsible for representing the interests of their constituents in state and national politics.
The political climate in Delhi, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Merced County, CA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merced county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.3%.
Merced county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Delhi, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, California is somewhat liberal.
Merced 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.
Delhi, 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 Delhi, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $39,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 442 contributions totaling $106,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)