The city of 93528 Johannesburg, CA is home to a diverse population of over 2,000 people. The local politics are driven by the Johannesburg City Council who are elected every four years by the residents of the city. As a small, rural town, it has traditionally leaned towards more conservative values and has seen a number of candidates from the right-wing and Republican parties vying for mayoral and council positions in recent elections. There have also been some progressive candidates running in recent years, providing more choice for residents when it comes to selecting their representatives. Meanwhile, the City Council works hard to address issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and parks/recreation in order to ensure the well-being of those living in 93528 Johannesburg.
The political climate in Zip 93528 (Johannesburg, 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 93528 (Johannesburg, CA) is leaning conservative.
Johannesburg, 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.
Johannesburg, 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 93528 (Johannesburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $1,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)