Hanford, California is a small city located in Kings County that has a rich history and political culture. While there is not much information available concerning the population or local political candidates, the city of Hanford has been home to many noteworthy politicians. Formerly represented by Congressman Devin Nunes, it is now represented by David Valadao for the US House of Representatives and Jean Fuller for the California Senate. Both representatives are actively engaged with their constituents in order to craft policy that best reflects the values and needs of their district. This commitment to representation is seen throughout all levels of government in Hanford, from the City Council to state institutions like the Board of Equalization. The highly involved local community ensures that politics in Hanford remain at the forefront of discussion and decision making.
The political climate in Hanford, CA is leaning conservative.
Kings County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Kings County, CA 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 42.6%.
Kings county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanford, CA is leaning conservative.
Kings County, California is somewhat conservative.
Hanford-Corcoran 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.
Hanford, 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 Hanford, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 766 contributions totaling $43,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,016 contributions totaling $319,492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)