Oakdale, California is a small city located in Stanislaus County with a population of around 22,000 people. It is known for its rich agricultural history and is situated near the Stanislaus River. Politics in Oakdale are largely focused on local issues such as job growth, improved infrastructure, education reform, public safety, and economic development. The current mayor of Oakdale is Pat Paul who has been serving the city since 2015. In addition to Mayor Paul, there are four council members representing various districts throughout the city. All candidates running for office in Oakdale must meet certain residency requirements and are elected through a nonpartisan general election every two years. The City Council works to ensure that the citizens of Oakdale receive quality services and have their voices heard in local government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 95361 (Oakdale, CA) is leaning conservative.
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 95361 (Oakdale, CA) is leaning conservative.
Oakdale, California is leaning conservative.
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.
Oakdale, 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 95361 (Oakdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,185 contributions totaling $76,448 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 633 contributions totaling $235,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)