Livingston, CA is a small city located in Merced County, California. It has a population of around 13,000 people and is known for its agricultural roots and tight-knit community. Politics in Livingston plays an important role in the daily life of its citizens. The City Council consists of five elected members who come from different backgrounds and represent different parts of the city. They are responsible for setting policy on local issues such as zoning regulations, infrastructure improvement projects, and land use decisions. In addition to the City Council, residents can also get involved with local politics through various local organizations that advocate for issues important to their community. These organizations can help promote voter registration drives and even rally support for candidates running for office at the city, county, or state level.
The political climate in Livingston, 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
Livingston, 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.
Livingston, 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 Livingston, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $57,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $20,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $780 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)