Lost Hills, CA is a rural city located in Kern County with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The city has local elections held every two years for the Mayor and City Council Members, which are open to all registered voters within the city. The candidates generally come from backgrounds related to agriculture, business, or law enforcement. Economic development is a major focus of the current political discussions in the city and local representatives work hard to ensure that Lost Hills continues to be a safe place for families and businesses alike. There has been an influx of new residents in recent years due to its close proximity to larger cities like Bakersfield and Fresno, and this has led to some changes in local politics as well. Issues such as public safety and education have become increasingly important topics for discussion amongst city leadership. Efforts are currently being made to ensure that Lost Hills remains a prosperous community while still preserving its rural charm.
The political climate in Zip 93249 (Lost Hills, 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 93249 (Lost Hills, CA) is leaning conservative.
Lost Hills, 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.
Lost Hills, 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 93249 (Lost Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)