The city of Fresno, CA is located in the state of California in the zip code 93728. It is a bustling metropolitan area with a large population and diverse political landscape. The current mayor of Fresno is Lee Brand who was elected into office in 2017. The Fresno City Council acts as a legislative body for the city and has seven members including council president Miguel Arias. Fresno also has representatives at both state and federal levels with Jim Costa being the Congress representative for district 16. At the state level, Fresno is represented by Senator Melissa Hurtado and Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula.
Fresno has an active political scene with various local initiatives that have been recently passed or are currently being debated on the ballot. These initiatives range from creating new taxes to fund infrastructure improvements to launching programs to help low-income residents afford housing. There are several local organizations that work together to ensure that the interests of all community members are represented when decisions are made regarding issues such as education, public safety, public health, and economic development. In addition to these organizations, there are many political forums where people can discuss their views on how to best serve their community and participate in local government activities.
The political climate in Zip 93728 (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 93728 (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 93728 (Fresno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 491 contributions totaling $23,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)