Exeter, California is a small town located in Tulare County. The town is part of the larger Visalia-Porterville metropolitan area and has a close-knit community with active citizens. Politically, Exeter is largely a conservative area, which means that many local political candidates align with the Republican party. While there are some Democratic candidates running for office in Exeter, they are typically not as successful in elections as their Republican counterparts. At the state level, however, residents of Exeter tend to support more progressive policies such as investing more money into public education and protecting the environment. Local officials in Exeter strive to ensure that all residents have a say in important decisions that will affect their lives and quality of living.
The political climate in Exeter, CA is leaning conservative.
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
Exeter, CA is leaning conservative.
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.
Exeter, 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 Exeter, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 815 contributions totaling $33,091 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $129,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)