South Taft, CA is a small town located in California's Central Valley. It is home to around 8,000 people and has a strong sense of community. The local government is responsible for maintaining public services and infrastructure, as well as enforcing the law. The mayor and City Council are elected officials who oversee the day-to-day operations of the city. Each year, locals come together to decide which candidates will represent them in local elections. Residents care deeply about issues such as education, economic development, environmental protection, public safety, and the preservation of South Taft's unique character. Every election cycle brings new ideas to the table and reminds the citizens of South Taft that their voice counts when it comes to shaping their community's future.
The political climate in South Taft, CA is leaning liberal.
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
South Taft, CA is leaning liberal.
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.
South Taft, 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 South Taft, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $5,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $67,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)