Westley, CA is a vibrant community located in California's Central Valley. It has a strong sense of civic pride and involvement with politics that has been passed down from generation to generation. The city council is composed of five members who are elected by the citizens of Westley every two years. These council members make decisions about everything from the local budget to zoning regulations, and they always take into account what is best for the entire community. Every four years, Westley residents also have the opportunity to participate in larger countywide elections that decide who will be representing them at the state, federal, and national levels of government. Despite its small size, Westley takes its politics seriously and strives to ensure that each person’s voice is heard in local decision-making.
The political climate in Westley, CA is leaning conservative.
Stanislaus County, CA is leaning liberal. In Stanislaus County, CA 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanislaus county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.2%.
Stanislaus county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westley, CA is leaning conservative.
Stanislaus County, California is leaning liberal.
Modesto Metro Area is leaning 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.
Westley, 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 Westley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,084 contributions totaling $23,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $36,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)