The small town of Bishop, CA, located in 93514 zip code, is part of the larger Inyo County. Its politics are largely influenced by the county-level government and policies, with strong emphasis on protecting the environment and preserving its natural beauty. The town's politics also focus on providing quality services to its residents and improving their overall quality of life. Local representatives seek to be responsive to the needs of Bishop’s citizens by listening to their concerns and representing their interests. The town regularly holds elections for local political offices such as Mayor or members of the City Council. Local political candidates often visit Bishop during election season to speak with voters about their campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 93514 (Bishop, CA) is leaning conservative.
Inyo County, CA is leaning liberal. In Inyo County, CA 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Inyo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 48.7%.
Inyo county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93514 (Bishop, CA) is leaning conservative.
Bishop, California is leaning conservative.
Inyo County, California is leaning liberal.
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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.
Bishop, California: R R r R R 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 93514 (Bishop)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,480 contributions totaling $103,674 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $53,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)