Ridgecrest 50501

Mission

We are a grassroots chapter of 50501 located in Ridgecrest, CA.
We have a very important responsibility and mission.
To flip the districts and win back Congress.

Sound impossible? Check out these stats:

  • 36% of voters didn’t vote Nov. 2024 Presidential Election1
  • 41%2 of people don’t pay attention to politics because they are too busy and comfortable with their lives3
  • 23% of eligible voters are not registered in Kern County4
  • Of the people who didn’t vote, 42% wish they had5
  • 1 in 4 regret voting for Trump6

Ridgecrest Voter Registration7

  • 41% Republican
  • 24% Democratic
  • 35% All Others

CA-20 Voter Registration (pre-prop 50) 8

  • 47% Republican
  • 26% Democratic
  • 18% No Party Preference
  • 9% All Others

CA-23 Voter Registration (pre-prop 50) 8

  • 38% Republican
  • 32% Democratic
  • 20% No Party Preference
  • 10% All Others

Prop 50

After the passing of Prop 50, the city of Ridgecrest has been temporarily split to be a part of 2 different districts. Ridgecrest 50501 supported Prop 50 to counter Texas and other states who were bending the knee to Trump’s call to unfairly redistrict their states in an attempt to prevent congress from being flipped in the mid-terms. We’re all for playing fair in a fair game, but the goal post has moved. You have to play the same game or you’re forfeiting the country to authoritarianism.

Congressional District 20

District 20 became more Red post Prop 50 to help flip District 22 Blue. Using the presidential election data, analysis by The Downballot found that Trump would have likely won by 32% vs 30% in District 20. The fight for a close race has become more difficult for District 20, but not by much. Kern County ran a close race for Prop 50, this proves that we could run a close race for District 20 in the primary.

Congressional District 23

District 23 also became more red post-prop 50 but has a narrower lead for Republicans than District 20. This district may be possible to flip. This fight has been brought to our door in Ridgecrest. It will be important that we work to get-out-the-vote for this neighborhood in Ridgecrest. Prop 50 may have secured 5 seats for Democrats, but that doesn’t mean more can’t be flipped Blue.

Sources:

1: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election

2: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/05/28/more-than-half-of-americans-are-following-election-news-closely-and-many-are-already-worn-out/

3: https://www.pdclarion.com/most-americans-arent-obsessed-with-politics/article_8bcfe6b4-99ee-5273-9882-b24310d8db7d.html

4: https://admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/odd-year-2025/county.pdf

5: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/12/04/voters-and-nonvoters-experiences-with-the-2024-election/

6: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-poll-voters-regret-voting-disappointed-approval-rating-2066120

7: https://admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/odd-year-2025/complete-ror.pdf

8: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/report-registration/ror-odd-year-2025