The city of Riverbank, California, located in the 95367 zip code, is a vibrant and growing community. The city has a council-manager form of government, which is led by five elected members of the City Council who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Richard O'Brien. The City Council is responsible for setting the overall policy direction for the city, and works with the City Manager to ensure that all services are provided in an efficient and effective manner. In addition to the mayor and City Council, Riverbank also has various commissions including Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Economic Development Commission, and Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. The people of Riverbank take great pride in their local politics and strive to ensure that their voices are heard on important issues such as transportation infrastructure, education reform, economic development initiatives, and environmental protection efforts.
The political climate in Zip 95367 (Riverbank, 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 95367 (Riverbank, CA) is leaning liberal.
Riverbank, 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.
Riverbank, 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 95367 (Riverbank)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 360 contributions totaling $40,476 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $20,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)