The small city of Tehachapi, California, located in Kern County, has a population of close to 14,000 individuals. It is well known for its diverse culture and agricultural production. Politically, Tehachapi has traditionally leaned Democratic but with recent years shifting away from that trend. Despite this shift, the local government still maintains a strong Democratic presence in the city as its mayor and two council members are all members of the Democratic party. With the upcoming election season, much of the focus will be on local issues and candidates that are running for office in Tehachapi. The elections will be an important opportunity for residents to voice their opinions on how they feel about the direction their city is heading in and who should lead it into the future.
The political climate in Zip 93561 (Tehachapi, CA) is somewhat 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 93561 (Tehachapi, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Tehachapi, California is somewhat 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.
Tehachapi, 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 93561 (Tehachapi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 928 contributions totaling $74,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 524 contributions totaling $62,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)