West Point is a small town located in California's Calaveras County. This quaint little community is known for its historic sites, outdoor activities, and friendly inhabitants. Despite its small size, West Point has an active political life. The residents of this town take great pride in their local government and elections are often hotly contested. Each election season brings a number of candidates running for office in the town council, school board, county offices, and state and federal representatives. These candidates usually come from different parties ranging from Republican to Democratic and Libertarian to Green Party. The people of West Point value democracy and their participation in local politics reflects that. They have some of the highest voter turnout rates for local elections in all of California, ensuring that their voices are heard in the decision making process.
The political climate in West Point, CA is moderately conservative.
Calaveras County, CA is moderately conservative. In Calaveras County, CA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calaveras county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 36.8%.
Calaveras county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Point, CA is moderately conservative.
Calaveras 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.
West Point, 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 West Point, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $12,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $4,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)