Granite Bay, California is a small community situated in the Sierra foothills of Placer County. It is known for its beautiful scenery and outdoor activities, as well as its strong sense of local pride. This includes an active political scene that focuses on issues affecting the community's future. Local politicians are committed to improving public services and infrastructure while promoting economic growth and preserving the natural environment. The city council meets regularly to review proposed ordinances, discuss recent developments, and listen to citizen concerns. Residents can attend meetings and voice their opinions on various issues impacting them directly. Granite Bay also has a thriving civic engagement culture that encourages residents to participate in elections when positions become available. During election season, many candidates put forth their best efforts to address the needs of the community while providing new ideas to improve the quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Granite Bay, CA is somewhat conservative.
Placer County, CA is leaning conservative. In Placer County, CA 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Placer county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Placer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Granite Bay, CA is somewhat conservative.
Placer County, California is leaning conservative.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area is moderately 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.
Granite Bay, 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 Granite Bay, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,678 contributions totaling $893,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,918 contributions totaling $885,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)