Fresno, California, located in ZIP code 93650, is part of the San Joaquin Valley and home to a diverse range of people. Politically, the city is primarily Democratic and leans to the left. Fresno’s mayor is Lee Brand, a Republican who was elected in 2016 with 53.5% of the vote. The Fresno City Council is made up of six members from various districts - four Democrats and two Republicans. There are also numerous local political organizations that strive to further their interests in the city government such as the Central Valley Progressive PAC which works towards social justice goals through lobbying and advocacy initiatives. Additionally, Fresno County Board of Supervisors provides oversight for many county-wide issues such as public health, economic development, transportation, land use planning and more. Overall, politics in 93650 Fresno, California are quite active and engaging with both progressive and conservative agendas vying for attention.
The political climate in Zip 93650 (Fresno, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal. In Fresno County, CA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fresno county remained moderately Democratic, 52.9% to 45.1%.
Fresno county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93650 (Fresno, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Fresno, California is somewhat liberal.
Fresno County, California is leaning liberal.
Fresno Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fresno, 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 93650 (Fresno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $4,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)