The small town of Escalon, CA (95320) is located in the Central Valley and is a rural community of approximately 8,000 people. It is governed by an elected five-member council, a Mayor, and City Manager. The mayor and council members are responsible for creating policies and operational activities to ensure the town continues to be a great place to live and work. The city leaders have made it their mission to ensure that all of Escalon’s citizens have access to quality education, health care services, recreational activities as well as business opportunities. There are many active civic organizations which hold various events throughout the year such as festivals, parades and fundraisers in order to support the community’s needs. In addition, local political candidates from both major parties often come into the community to meet with voters during election season. This allows for citizens living in Escalon to get involved in the political process and make their voices heard on important issues facing the country today.
The political climate in Zip 95320 (Escalon, CA) is leaning liberal.
San Joaquin County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Joaquin County, CA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Joaquin county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.8%.
San Joaquin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95320 (Escalon, CA) is leaning liberal.
Escalon, California is leaning liberal.
San Joaquin County, California is somewhat liberal.
Stockton Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Escalon, California: r r D D D 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 95320 (Escalon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $15,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $82,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $398 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)