The small town of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA is a relatively conservative community, and its politics reflect that. The local government is composed of elected officials who make decisions about the town's services and policies. The current mayor is Peter Smith, who won the election by a narrow margin in 2016. Additionally, there are four city council members representing each of the four wards in Chilcoot-Vinton. The city council meets regularly to discuss issues such as budgeting, infrastructure development, public safety, and other community concerns. All decisions made by the city council must be approved by the mayor before they become law or policy. Residents of Chilcoot-Vinton are encouraged to attend city council meetings and voice their opinions on any matters that may affect them or their families directly. Additionally, residents are encouraged to research the candidates running for office each election cycle so that they can make informed decisions about who will best represent their interests in local government.
The political climate in Chilcoot-Vinton, CA is somewhat conservative.
Plumas County, CA is moderately conservative. In Plumas County, CA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plumas county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.5%.
Plumas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chilcoot-Vinton, CA is somewhat conservative.
Plumas 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.
Chilcoot-Vinton, 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 Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)