93306 Bakersfield, CA is a diverse area with many different political views. While there are no local political candidates in the area, people in the city are active in voicing their opinions. The city's Democratic and Republican parties have both active chapters and regularly hold events to discuss issues that affect the community. Bakersfield is also home to several grassroots organizations that focus on changing laws at the local and state levels. These groups work to bring attention to issues like poverty, education, immigration, environmental justice, and more. There are also a number of non-partisan organizations dedicated to promoting civic engagement and voter registration throughout the city. No matter what your political affiliations may be, 93306 Bakersfield, CA has a vibrant political scene that is sure to keep you engaged and informed.
The political climate in Zip 93306 (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 93306 (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 93306 (Bakersfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,198 contributions totaling $82,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,011 contributions totaling $409,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)