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California political map4/5/2024 This article is from the California Sun, a newsletter that delivers California’s most compelling news to your inbox each morning - for free. (2.61 MB, PDF) Attitudes Toward Gay Marriage, 2012. Attitudes Toward Abortion Restrictions, 2012. They are related to the analysis in California’s Political Geography, 2012, by Eric McGhee and Daniel Krimm. “So the biggest shifts have come with Donald Trump really not appealing to moderate suburban voters.” These maps illustrate the geographic variation of Californians’ opinions on a variety of fiscal, social, and political issues. “It remained red because there were still Arnold Schwarzeneggers to vote for, Pete Wilsons to vote for, George W. An example is how Orange County, once solidly red, has increasingly matched the blue of its surroundings. He cited the defense cuts of the early 1990s that resulted in a scattering of Republican voters, along with an influx of immigrants who tended to side with the Democrats.Īs the Republican Party has drifted further right under Trump, Kousser said, the trend toward more politically monolithic territories has gathered pace. Kousser, the political scientist, said Southern California used to be much more politically mixed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) SACRAMENTO, Calif. 10, 2021, show that key parts of her district have been redrawn into a district that includes Long Beach, an area now represented by Democratic Rep. Orange County has experienced an erosion of Republican support. Draft maps released by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission Wednesday, Nov. “We’re kind of stewing in our own juices,” he said. Price said that while Bakersfield has no small number of liberals - especially in the lower-income southeast sections - the city’s geographic isolation has played a part in cementing a unique brand of conservative politics. “That’s my conclusion, anyway, now that Orange County has started electing Democrats,” he said in an email. Robert Price, a columnist at the Bakersfield Californian, said the city of 350,000 people is California’s most conservative metropolis. That’s thanks in part to the cities along Route 99 - including Stockton, Modesto, and Fresno - which appear as islands of blue in a sea of red.Īmong the most mixed of the agricultural cities appears to be Bakersfield, the seat of Kern County, which gave Trump 53 percent of its vote compared to 40 percent for Clinton. Indeed, many Central Valley counties landed in the Trump column on Election Day. Vast swaths of California’s agricultural heartland are shaded in red. The San Joaquin Valley cities voted largely for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Clockwise from top left, Stockton, Modesto, Bakersfield, and Fresno.
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