Kings County, CA is a vibrant and diverse region in California. The politics here are as varied as its residents, ranging from progressive to conservative views. Each year the voters of Kings County go to the polls to decide on who will represent them in city, state, and national government. With multiple candidates running for office from both political parties, it can be difficult to decide which candidate aligns most with your views. However, regardless of party affiliation or political beliefs, everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in the democratic process here in Kings County.
The political climate in Kings County, CA is somewhat conservative.
In Kings County, CA 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 42.6%.
Kings county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kings County, CA is somewhat conservative.
Hanford-Corcoran 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.
Kings, 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 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 Kings County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,630 contributions totaling $84,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,394 contributions totaling $552,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)