Kern : Politics

Kern County vote
by party in presidential elections
Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2016	56.3% 95,064	38.5% 64,980	5.2% 8,690
2012	57.0% 126,618	40.3% 89,495	2.7% 6,076
2008	57.7% 134,793	40.0% 93,457	2.4% 5,558
2004	66.5% 140,417	32.5% 68,603	1.0% 2,154
2000	60.7% 110,663	36.2% 66,003	3.1% 5,642
1996	53.8% 92,151	36.6% 62,658	9.7% 16,582
1992	45.1% 80,762	33.8% 60,510	21.2% 37,991
1988	61.5% 90,550	37.4% 55,083	1.1% 1,660
1984	65.0% 94,776	34.0% 49,567	1.0% 1,401
1980	59.7% 72,842	33.7% 41,097	6.7% 8,182
1976	52.3% 58,023	45.6% 50,567	2.1% 2,371
1972	60.1% 71,686	35.2% 41,937	4.6% 5,570
1968	46.6% 53,990	42.6% 49,284	10.8% 12,558
1964	41.2% 45,014	58.7% 64,174	0.1% 120
1960	50.4% 52,800	49.1% 51,440	0.4% 465
1956	51.3% 46,220	48.3% 43,533	0.4% 322
1952	55.1% 46,497	44.2% 37,240	0.7% 602
1948	41.6% 24,464	56.2% 33,029	2.3% 1,318
1944	44.0% 20,730	55.6% 26,205	0.5% 226
1940	37.3% 19,445	61.8% 32,202	0.9% 479
1936	24.2% 8,345	74.6% 25,726	1.2% 408
1932	25.1% 7,011	70.3% 19,634	4.6% 1,275
1928	62.7% 14,692	36.4% 8,541	0.9% 212
1924	46.1% 8,646	16.8% 3,159	37.1% 6,958
1920	49.0% 7,079	42.2% 6,095	8.8% 1,270

Kern is a strongly Republican county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Democratic candidate for President to win a majority in the county was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

In the State Assembly, Kern County is split between the following four Assembly districts:

On Nov. 4, 2008 Kern County voted 75.5% in favor of Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.

Kern County is governed by a five-member board of supervisors. As of 2015, they are:

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