Arroyo Grande, California is a quaint coastal town located in the Central Coast region of the state. It is politically represented by a variety of elected officials at local, county, and state levels. On the local level, City Council members serve four-year terms and are elected by the citizens of Arroyo Grande to make decisions on behalf of their community. The Mayor is also elected by the citizens for a two-year term and serves as the leader of the City Council. At the county level, San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors are responsible for representing Arroyo Grande; they are elected to four-year terms in an at large election system. On the state level, Assembly Members from District 35 (which includes Arroyo Grande) are elected by citizens and serve two-year terms in Sacramento where they make laws that affect all Californians. Overall, politics in Arroyo Grande reflects its diverse population and their commitment to creating policies that will benefit their community.
The political climate in Arroyo Grande, CA is leaning liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Luis Obispo County, CA 55.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Luis Obispo county remained strongly Democratic, 55.3% to 42.2%.
San Luis Obispo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arroyo Grande, CA is leaning liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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.
Arroyo Grande, 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 Arroyo Grande, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,137 contributions totaling $340,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 802 contributions totaling $139,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)