Fresno, California is the fifth-largest city in the state of California and is located in Fresno County. The county is home to almost one million people and encompasses a diverse population with a range of political affiliations. The main political parties represented in Fresno County are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Local politicians in Fresno County include Sal Quintero, who currently serves as a member of the Board of Supervisors, and Andreas Borgeas, who serves as a State Senator for California’s 8th Senate District. Fresno has an active political scene with many issues at stake such as education reform, public safety, economic recovery and environmental protection. These issues impact everyone who lives in this area, so it's important that local representatives understand and address their constituents' concerns. It's also important that citizens participate in local elections to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal.
In Fresno County, CA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fresno county remained moderately Democratic, 52.9% to 45.1%.
Fresno county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal.
Fresno 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.
Fresno, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Fresno County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,092 contributions totaling $3,868,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,669 contributions totaling $4,714,214 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)