Valley Home, CA is a small town located in the San Joaquin Valley of California. It is a rural area with a population of just over four thousand people. Despite its size, politics still play an important role in the community. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will represent the town on both the state and county levels. Issues that are important to the citizens of Valley Home include quality school funding, economic development opportunities, and preserving the local agricultural heritage. Candidates for local office come from various backgrounds and have differing views on these issues, making it important for residents to be informed about their choices before casting their vote. Political engagement is an essential part of life in Valley Home, and it’s up to each individual citizen to ensure that their voice is heard on Election Day.
The political climate in Valley Home, CA is somewhat conservative.
Stanislaus County, CA is leaning liberal. In Stanislaus County, CA 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanislaus county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.2%.
Stanislaus county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley Home, CA is somewhat conservative.
Stanislaus County, California is leaning liberal.
Modesto Metro Area is leaning 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.
Valley Home, California: r R 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 Valley Home, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,185 contributions totaling $76,448 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 633 contributions totaling $235,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)