Lake Don Pedro is a beautiful rural community located in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. While Lake Don Pedro does not have a large population, the town has a strong sense of community and local politics. The Lake Don Pedro Town Council is comprised of five members who are elected by popular vote to two-year terms. These five members are responsible for making decisions that affect all aspects of life in Lake Don Pedro from infrastructure and utilities to public safety and recreation. The Town Council meets monthly to address current issues and plan for future growth. Additionally, several committees have been established to further assess specific topics such as environmental concerns or community development initiatives. Community engagement is highly valued in Lake Don Pedro, and citizens are encouraged to attend Town Council meetings or join one of the local committees to ensure their voices are heard and taken into consideration when it comes to town policies.
The political climate in Lake Don Pedro, CA is moderately conservative.
Mariposa County, CA is moderately conservative. In Mariposa County, CA 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mariposa county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.8%.
Mariposa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Don Pedro, CA is moderately conservative.
Mariposa 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.
Lake Don Pedro, 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 Lake Don Pedro, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $13,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)