Modesto is a medium-sized city located in California's Central Valley. The population of 95355 Modesto, CA is estimated to be over 200,000 people. As the largest city in Stanislaus County, it is home to several political organizations and candidates. The current Mayor of Modesto is Ted Brandvold, who was elected in 2018 with more than 50% of the vote. The City Council consists of seven members, with each member representing one of the five districts within the city limits. Currently serving on the council are District 1 Councilmember Mani Grewal, District 2 Councilmember Jenny Kenoyer, District 3 Councilmember Dave Cogdill III, District 4 Councilmember Kristi Ah You, District 5 Councilmember Bill Zoslocki, Mayor Brandvold and Vice Mayor Bret Durossette. Other local political candidates running for office in 95355 Modesto include businesswoman Amy Bublak for mayor and realtor Christopher DeBenedetti for district 2 councilmember.
The political climate in Zip 95355 (Modesto, CA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 95355 (Modesto, CA) is leaning liberal.
Modesto, California is leaning liberal.
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.
Modesto, 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 zip 95355 (Modesto)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,371 contributions totaling $112,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 600 contributions totaling $101,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)