The city of 93268 Taft, CA is a small community located in the Kern County region of California. The politics in this area are largely focused on local issues and concerns. There are multiple elected officials that represent the residents of 93268 Taft such as the mayor, City Council members, and county supervisors. These elected officials work together to ensure that their constituents have access to resources such as healthcare, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and educational opportunities. Additionally, these officials work with local businesses to support economic growth in the area. The people living in 93268 Taft believe that they should have a say in how the city is managed and focus on ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about their community.
The political climate in Zip 93268 (Taft, CA) is leaning conservative.
Kern County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Kern County, CA 43.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kern county remained strongly Republican, 53.9% to 43.7%.
Kern county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93268 (Taft, CA) is leaning conservative.
Taft, California is leaning conservative.
Kern County, California is somewhat conservative.
Bakersfield Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Taft, 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 93268 (Taft)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $5,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $67,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)