Grimes, CA is a small city located in the heart of California. While it may be small, there is still much political activity going on here. Local elections are held every two years to elect representatives to serve on various boards and committees. During these elections, citizens of Grimes have the opportunity to cast their vote for candidates who they believe will best represent their interests and values. Issues like infrastructure improvements, taxation, and education are just a few of the topics discussed at the local level. Residents also come together for town hall meetings and public forums to discuss ideas about how to improve the city and its future prospects. All in all, Grimes is a vibrant community with plenty of political engagement that adds to its charm and character.
The political climate in Grimes, CA is somewhat conservative.
Colusa County, CA is moderately conservative. In Colusa County, CA 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colusa county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 40.7%.
Colusa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grimes, CA is somewhat conservative.
Colusa County, California is moderately 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.
Grimes, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Grimes, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)