Buttowillow, CA is a small town located in Kern County, California. It has a population of around 1,650 people as of the latest census and is part of the California State Assembly's 30th district. The current representative for this district is Rudy Salas Jr., who has been reelected several times since he first took office in 2006. Salas has been actively involved in helping improve local infrastructure, public safety, education and economic development in the area. He has also championed programs that provide financial assistance to low-income individuals and families living within Butttonwillow's boundaries. In addition to Salas' representation, Buttowillow also sends two representatives to serve on the Kern County board of Supervisors, which handles county-wide issues such as law enforcement and emergency services. At the local level, there are municipal elections held every two years for city council members and other municipal positions. These local officials are tasked with making decisions that affect everyday life in Buttonwillow such as zoning laws, parking regulations, code enforcement and other matters impacting the community.
The political climate in Zip 93206 (Buttonwillow, 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 93206 (Buttonwillow, CA) is leaning conservative.
Buttonwillow, 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.
Buttonwillow, 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 93206 (Buttonwillow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $12,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)