The city of Bakersfield, CA in the 93305 zip code has a vibrant and diverse political culture. With an ever-changing local landscape, residents are always looking for new ways to participate and make their voices heard. One way they do this is by taking part in local elections and voting for candidates who represent their values and interests. In recent years, the city of Bakersfield has seen a number of candidates run for mayor, county supervisor, senator, assemblyman, and other local offices. Some of these include businessman James Trieder, state Senator Shannon Grove, former Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez-Albarrán, and attorney Michelle Avila-Garcia. These candidates have helped to create a lively civic discourse between the citizens of Bakersfield and their elected officials. While no one can predict the outcome of any election, it is certain that the residents of 93305 will continue to take part in local politics to ensure their needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 93305 (Bakersfield, CA) is leaning conservative.
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 93305 (Bakersfield, CA) is leaning conservative.
Bakersfield, California is leaning conservative.
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.
Bakersfield, 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 93305 (Bakersfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 536 contributions totaling $28,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $13,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)