Columbia, California is a small city located in Tuolumne County. It has a population of about 3,000 people and is known as the “Gem of the Foothills”. While Columbia may be small in size, it still has an active political scene. Local elections are held every two years to elect representatives for various positions throughout the town. These positions include mayor, council members and other governing bodies. The candidates for these positions are selected by the citizens of Columbia during primary elections. Issues that are important to the people of Columbia are often discussed and debated in local election campaigns such as taxes, public safety and economic development. Participation from citizens is highly encouraged in order to ensure that their voices are heard and their opinions taken into account when new policies or laws are being implemented.
The political climate in Columbia, CA is somewhat conservative.
Tuolumne County, CA is moderately conservative. In Tuolumne County, CA 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuolumne county remained very strongly Republican, 58.2% to 39.4%.
Tuolumne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia, CA is somewhat conservative.
Tuolumne County, California is moderately conservative.
Sonora Metro Area 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.
Columbia, 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 Columbia, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,710 contributions totaling $139,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 622 contributions totaling $99,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)