Majority Leader, McCarthy: Who Wants to Learn About the 23rd? 🙋🙋

California's 23rd District

Population: 707,345

Median Household Income: $51,232

Age: 11.1% 65 and over

Race: 75.8% White, 6.8% Black, 5.2% Asian, 1.4% Native Americans

Ethnicity: 35.4% Hispanic

College Graduation Rate: 18.3%

They also have 99,472 foreign born living the district. This give McCarthy many diverse residents in his district to work with!

**The 23rd District was redistricted in 2011 based on population changes from the 2010 census**

There are over 2 million acres of land devoted to farming, leading to 3,373 farms in the district.
Their gross income from farming was $88,890,000 in 2012
They product over 3 billion dollars with their production of crops such as: cotton, citrus, wine grapes, pistachios, cattle, sheep, and many others.

The 23rd District produces more oil annually than the entire state of Oklahoma (that's more than 56 barrels/year)!
They have also made strides in solar, wind, and geothermal energy productions.

They have been back and forth, from red to blue, House Representatives for awhile now!

The District has been more red in the long run. They voted for Mitt Romney and John McCain with the same 25 point margin in 2012 and 2008. PoliticusUSA

As for 2016: Clinton came in with 36.1% of the votes and Trump took it home with 58.1%

Though the District has a majority of republicans there are those who are unhappy with the red district they live in.

They even have a Facebook Page: "Indivisible - Citizens of California's 23rd Congressional District"
Unfortunately, the page only has 494 people following, but that doesn't stop them from being creative in the ways they voice opposition to McCarthy (see crossword & meme below that were posted on the Facebook wall)

These residents of the 23rd are fed up with Majority Leader McCarthy and want to hold him accountable for the things he does, or doesn't do. They believe that he is not paying attention to his constituents or has any concern for his district at all.

But McCarthy doesn't need to worry too much because, according to the Secretary of State's information from of May 26, 2016, 44.85% of his district were registered as Republicans in 2016. There are 96,884 registered Democrats and 145,790 Republicans registered in the 23rd. The other 3.81% of voters align with the Independent Party or with the Green Party. McCarthy is safe for now, but he may want to turn his attention to his constituencies back home to make sure he can continue being reelected.