Linden, CA is a small town in California with a population of about 3,500 people. It is part of San Joaquin County and is governed by the Board of Supervisors. The current Supervisor for District 2, which includes Linden, is Chuck Winn. The town has its own mayor and council who make decisions on local issues such as public safety, economic development, and public works projects. In addition to the county government representatives that serve Linden, there are also several State Assembly members who represent the area as well. Joe Canciamilla currently represents California’s 19th Assembly District which includes Linden as well as other towns within San Joaquin County such as Lodi and Stockton. At the federal level, neither of California’s two U.S Senators nor any members of the House of Representatives are from this district; however Congressman Jerry McNerney does represent some areas near Linden in his 9th Congressional District seat. Overall, politics in 95236 Linden are quite focused on local issues with various county and state representatives working to address those needs.
The political climate in Zip 95236 (Linden, 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 95236 (Linden, CA) is leaning liberal.
Linden, 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.
Linden, 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 95236 (Linden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $11,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $44,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)