In Inyo County, CA politics are an important part of the community. As the county seat is Independence, the Board of Supervisors has five members who each represent one of the county's five districts. They work together to make laws and set policies that improve people’s lives. Additionally, each district selects a representative to serve on several boards and committees in order to bring valuable expertise to their decision-making. Local elections are held regularly for these representatives and supervisors, allowing residents to keep up with who is in charge and how their decisions affect them. The county also has other elected offices like sheriff, treasurer, assessor and district attorney that perform vital services for citizens. All of these officials have a direct impact on Inyo County’s economy and culture as they make decisions that shape its future.
The political climate in Inyo County, CA is leaning liberal.
In Inyo County, CA 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Inyo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 48.7%.
Inyo county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Inyo County, CA is leaning liberal.
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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.
Inyo, California: R R r R R d
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Inyo County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,733 contributions totaling $115,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $77,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)