The city of Mendota, CA (93640), is located in Fresno County and has a population of approximately 11,000 people. It is a small rural community that prides itself on its agricultural heritage. Despite its small size, Mendota takes politics seriously; local elections are held every two years to determine the mayor and four members of the city council. Currently, Mayor Joe Roman is serving his second term, along with Councilmembers Rosemary Cervantes, Roberto Martinez, Rene Lopez, and Irma Soto. All five elected officials are dedicated to improving the lives of Mendota’s residents by ensuring access to quality education, creating employment opportunities for youth and adults, and supporting local businesses. In addition, they are focused on preserving the city's agricultural history while also looking ahead to future development goals. Through their commitment to progress and collaboration with other government agencies and private organizations, the elected officials of Mendota are helping shape the future of this growing community.
The political climate in Zip 93640 (Mendota, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal. In Fresno County, CA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fresno county remained moderately Democratic, 52.9% to 45.1%.
Fresno county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93640 (Mendota, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Mendota, California is somewhat liberal.
Fresno County, California is leaning liberal.
Fresno Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mendota, 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 93640 (Mendota)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $583 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)