Wasco, CA is located in Kern County and is known for its rich agricultural heritage. The politics in Wasco are largely based around the issues which affect local farmers and the agricultural industry as a whole. There have been initiatives to create better infrastructure and resources for farmers, such as water rights legislation, labor laws, crop insurance reform and more. The Kern County Democratic Central Committee often holds events in Wasco to discuss these issues with local community leaders. The discussion often extends to other social topics such as healthcare, education, the environment and public safety. These meetings are open for anyone to attend and contribute their voice to the conversation. Overall, politics within Wasco focus on creating a better future for the community through legislative action that creates more opportunity.
The political climate in Zip 93280 (Wasco, 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 93280 (Wasco, CA) is leaning conservative.
Wasco, 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.
Wasco, 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 93280 (Wasco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 137 contributions totaling $7,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $24,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)