The Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Metro Area is known for its strong sense of community and robust civic engagement. This area has a reputation for being politically engaged and the people in this region are passionate about their local politics. The area is home to several political groups such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, and the Green Party. There are many elected officials at both the state and local level that represent this region's interests. Each year elections take place for city council members, mayors, county supervisors, representatives to the state legislature, members of Congress and other positions that impact local politics. Residents in Truckee-Grass Valley participate actively in these elections by voting on issues that affect their daily lives. In addition to voting in elections, citizens are encouraged to become involved in public policy debates and attend town hall meetings where they can air their grievances or suggest policy changes that they feel could benefit their community.
The political climate in Truckee-Grass Valley Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Truckee-Grass Valley Metro Area 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Truckee-Grass Valley metro area remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 41.1%.
The Truckee-Grass Valley metro area voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Truckee-Grass Valley Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Truckee-Grass Valley, California: R r d r d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Truckee-Grass Valley Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,933 contributions totaling $1,556,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,985 contributions totaling $326,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)