The politics in 93313 Bakersfield, CA are extremely diverse and involve a variety of political opinions from both sides of the aisle. Residents of 93313 Bakersfield, CA have elected a number of well-known local politicians to represent their interests in the state legislature. The current mayor is Karen Goh, who was elected in 2019 and works to promote civic engagement amongst her constituents. She also has sought to improve public safety and public transportation within the city. Other local political figures include Assemblymember Rudy Salas Jr., who serves as a leader on issues ranging from health care to education reform; Senator Melissa Hurtado, who has been an advocate for economic justice, civil rights and environmental protection; and Congressman David Valadao who focuses on infrastructure projects, veterans' affairs, and water policy for his district. Despite differing views among its residents, 93313 Bakersfield unites under one common goal: creating a better tomorrow for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 93313 (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 93313 (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 93313 (Bakersfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 458 contributions totaling $19,817 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $47,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)