Truckee is a small town with a population of 16,180 located in Northeastern California. It supports a vibrant and active political climate that values transparency and open communication between citizens, local government, and community organizations. The Town Council is at the helm of city politics and meets regularly to discuss pressing issues and develop policies. Local elections for Town Council members are held on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years. The council is comprised of five members, each elected to serve four year terms. Issues under consideration during recent meetings have included budgeting, business development, transportation, recreation, and other matters important to the vitality of Truckee's residents.
The political climate in Truckee, CA is leaning liberal.
Nevada County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Nevada County, CA 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nevada county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 41.1%.
Nevada county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Truckee, CA is leaning liberal.
Nevada County, California is somewhat liberal.
Truckee-Grass Valley Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Truckee, California: R r d r 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 Truckee, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,969 contributions totaling $321,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $73,496 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)