The city of Independence, California (93526) is part of the Inyo County seat and is a small community with a population of around 3,000. Located near the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it offers picturesque landscapes and outdoor activities like hiking and fishing. The politics in 93526 Independence are handled by the Inyo County Board of Supervisors and various other local government entities. Local elections occur each November, when citizens vote to elect three supervisors to represent them on the board. These supervisors provide governance to the county, including making decisions about budgeting and setting policy for that area. Additionally, there are many other government offices and representatives at the state level who work to ensure that Independence continues to be a vibrant city with strong economic development.
The political climate in Zip 93526 (Independence, 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 93526 (Independence, CA) is leaning conservative.
Independence, 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.
Independence, 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 93526 (Independence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,648 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)