Porterville, CA, with its population of approximately 55,000, is an important political center in Tulare County. As such, it features several local political candidates who are vying for office in the city and county. This year's election is sure to be especially competitive, as citizens of Porterville come together to decide who will lead them into the future. Candidates have been focusing on a range of issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, and economic growth and prosperity. Voters in 93257 Porterville will have the opportunity to weigh in on a number of important decisions that will shape the community's future. It is essential for all voters to get informed about the candidates and their stances in order to make an informed decision when casting their ballot this November.
The political climate in Zip 93257 (Porterville, CA) is leaning conservative.
Tulare County, CA is leaning conservative. In Tulare County, CA 45.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulare county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.0%.
Tulare county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93257 (Porterville, CA) is leaning conservative.
Porterville, California is leaning conservative.
Tulare County, California is leaning conservative.
Visalia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Porterville, 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 93257 (Porterville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 691 contributions totaling $38,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 722 contributions totaling $125,044 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)