Mill Valley is an affluent city located in Marin County, California. It is home to a variety of political figures, from county supervisors to state representatives. The city has a long history of progressive politics, with a focus on protecting the environment and advocating for social justice. City Council meetings are open to the public, and the City Council actively works to address local issues and concerns. Local elections are usually hotly contested, and it's important for residents to stay informed about who's running for office in order to make an educated decision when casting their ballot. Additionally, Mill Valley's citizens are very engaged in civic duty - voter turnout tends to be high during election season due to the community's dedication to democracy and involvement in local politics.
The political climate in Mill Valley, CA is moderately liberal.
Marin County, CA is very liberal. In Marin County, CA 82.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Marin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mill Valley, CA is moderately liberal.
Marin County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley Metro Area is very 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.
Mill Valley, California: D D 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 Mill Valley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,434 contributions totaling $6,405,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,937 contributions totaling $1,294,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $668 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)