The small community of Poplar-Cotton Center, CA is known for its tight-knit population that values individual liberty and government transparency. The area is served by an elected Mayor and four city councillors who make decisions on local policies, taxes, budgeting and other public matters. Each election cycle, residents come out in droves to cast their votes in support of candidates who promise to represent the best interests of the citizens. Local elections tend to be competitive due to the fact that there are many talented people who are passionate about making their town a better place to live and raise families. The citizens of Poplar-Cotton Center take pride in their community and work together to promote progress and prosperity.
The political climate in Poplar-Cotton Center, CA is leaning liberal.
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
Poplar-Cotton Center, CA is leaning liberal.
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.
Poplar-Cotton Center, 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 Poplar-Cotton Center, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 759 contributions totaling $41,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 736 contributions totaling $148,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)