The small unincorporated town of 95369 Snelling, CA is situated in Merced County and has a population of around 725 people. Though Snelling is not an incorporated city and does not have its own local government, it is under the governance of the Merced County Board of Supervisors. The county board consists of five elected members who are responsible for legislating policies for all areas within the county. These policies cover a wide range of topics such as public safety, education, healthcare, infrastructure and taxation. Local elections for these positions are held every four years and are open to all registered voters in Merced County. In the past few years, there have been a number of initiatives to improve the quality of life in Snelling. This includes investments in local parks and recreational facilities as well as efforts to reduce crime rates and create jobs in the community.
The political climate in Zip 95369 (Snelling, CA) is leaning conservative.
Merced County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Merced County, CA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merced county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.3%.
Merced county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95369 (Snelling, CA) is leaning conservative.
Snelling, California is leaning conservative.
Merced County, California is somewhat liberal.
Merced Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Snelling, 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 95369 (Snelling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $12,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)