The city of Arvin, CA is located in the 93203 zip code and is a sizable community with a population of around 20,000 people. As with other cities, Arvin has its own local politics. The mayor of Arvin is Jose Gurrola, who was first elected in 2014. Under his leadership, the city has focused on making improvements such as increasing public safety and expanding recreational activities for local residents. Additionally, there are several members on the City Council who serve four-year terms and work to ensure that all voices in the city are heard and respected. Furthermore, there are numerous local political candidates running for office every year, giving citizens an opportunity to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
The political climate in Zip 93203 (Arvin, CA) is leaning liberal.
Kern County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Kern County, CA 43.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kern county remained strongly Republican, 53.9% to 43.7%.
Kern county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93203 (Arvin, CA) is leaning liberal.
Arvin, California is leaning liberal.
Kern County, California is somewhat conservative.
Bakersfield 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.
Arvin, 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 zip 93203 (Arvin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $6,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $669 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $7,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $801 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)