Terra Bella, CA is a small city located in the Central Valley of California. It has a vibrant and diverse political landscape that features elected officials from a variety of different backgrounds. The city council is made up of five members who are responsible for making laws and ordinances to ensure the safety and well-being of the citizens in Terra Bella. They are elected at-large for four year terms, and work together to represent their constituents. The mayor is also elected at-large with a two-year term, and serves as the leader of the city council. Additionally, Terra Bella elects representatives to the state legislature as well as Congress who advocate for local interests on a larger level. It is an important part of living in Terra Bella that its citizens take active roles in politics by voting and engaging with their elected officials so that their voices can be heard.
The political climate in Terra Bella, 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
Terra Bella, 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.
Terra Bella, 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 Terra Bella, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $9,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $92,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)