Big Creek, CA is a small town in the foothills of California's Central Coast. It is home to a diverse population of individuals from all walks of life. Despite its size, Big Creek has an active local political scene with numerous parties and candidates running for office. The current mayor, John Smith, was elected in 2019 on a platform of fiscal responsibility and economic development. He has been successful in bringing new business to the town and making sure the budget is managed well. At the same time, Mayor Smith also ensures that citizens' voices are heard by attending public meetings and engaging with constituents on a regular basis. There are several other candidates vying to become mayor this election season who represent various ideologies and approaches to governing the town. The residents of Big Creek will have their work cut out for them as they decide which candidate will be most suitable to serve as mayor and continue to move Big Creek forward in the years ahead.
The political climate in Big Creek, CA is leaning conservative.
Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal. In Fresno County, CA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fresno county remained moderately Democratic, 52.9% to 45.1%.
Fresno county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Creek, CA is leaning conservative.
Fresno County, California is leaning liberal.
Fresno Metro Area is leaning 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.
Big Creek, California: R R d d 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 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 Big Creek, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)