Modesto, CA is a diverse city that is home to over 210,000 people. It has an active political landscape which is led by a Mayor who is elected within city limits every two years and a City Council composed of seven members. The Mayor and Council are responsible for creating regulations and laws that affect residents in the area. Additionally, local representatives are elected to state and federal offices which are responsible for implementing policies that impact citizens on both a state and national level. With regards to campaigning, candidates from all levels of government must make their case to the public prior to elections in order to gain support from voters. Modesto itself holds several rallies throughout the election cycle which provide residents with an opportunity to meet local political candidates and learn about their platforms.
The political climate in Zip 95357 (Modesto, CA) is leaning liberal.
Stanislaus County, CA is leaning liberal. In Stanislaus County, CA 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanislaus county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.2%.
Stanislaus county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95357 (Modesto, CA) is leaning liberal.
Modesto, California is leaning liberal.
Stanislaus County, California is leaning liberal.
Modesto 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.
Modesto, 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 95357 (Modesto)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,202 contributions totaling $115,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $69,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $453 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)