Paicines, CA is located in San Benito County and has a population of 1,444 according to the 2019 US Census. The local politics in 95043 Paicines, CA are largely driven by the county government. San Benito County is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors, who serve as the legislative body for the county. They are responsible for establishing policies and ordinances that help shape the day-to-day lives of those living in Paicines and in other parts of the county. Voters in Paicines have several local candidates to choose from when it comes to voting for representatives at both county and state levels of government. In recent years, much of the political activity in Paicines has been focused on topics such as environmental protection, economic growth, public services, and infrastructure improvements. Despite its small population size, the people of Paicines take an active role in shaping their local politics through participation in elections, community involvement initiatives, and advocacy efforts.
The political climate in Zip 95043 (Paicines, CA) is leaning liberal.
San Benito County, CA is strongly liberal. In San Benito County, CA 61.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Benito county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
San Benito county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95043 (Paicines, CA) is leaning liberal.
Paicines, California is leaning liberal.
San Benito County, California is strongly liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area is very 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.
Paicines, California: D d 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 95043 (Paicines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $10,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)