Golden Hills, California is a vibrant suburban community located in the San Francisco Bay Area. While it is known for its great schools, shopping centers, and restaurants, it is also home to an active local political scene. Local residents are passionate about their communities and work hard to protect their rights and preserve the quality of life they enjoy. Community members engage in voter registration drives, policy debates, and candidate forums to ensure that their voices are heard by elected officials. From school board elections to congressional races, politics is alive and well in Golden Hills. Residents come together during election season to ensure that their chosen representatives understand the needs of their neighborhoods. They also take part in dialogue on issues that impact the entire state such as gun control and healthcare reform. The citizens of Golden Hills have a vested interest in making sure their elected leaders are representing them effectively and doing what’s best for the community as a whole.
The political climate in Golden Hills, 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
Golden Hills, 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.
Golden Hills, 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 Golden Hills, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,056 contributions totaling $93,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 573 contributions totaling $99,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)