The small rural town of Lockeford, California is a unique place with a vibrant history and culture. Located in San Joaquin County, the unincorporated community of 95237 has a population of approximately 10,000 people. While there are no local political candidates to mention by name, the politics in Lockeford are still important in determining how public services are provided and funded, and what kind of infrastructure and development plans are implemented. In particular, residents often express their views on how to best preserve the town’s heritage while embracing growth. Issues such as taxation and zoning regulations have an effect on everyone’s quality of life, so Lockeford citizens are always ready to participate in discussions regarding their local political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 95237 (Lockeford, 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 95237 (Lockeford, CA) is leaning liberal.
Lockeford, 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.
Lockeford, 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 95237 (Lockeford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $4,840 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $5,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)