Ione, California is a small town located in Amador County. It is a quiet and peaceful place, with a strong sense of community and pride among its residents. Despite its size, Ione is home to an active political scene. The Amador County Board of Supervisors governs the entire county, including Ione, while local elections are held every two years for mayor and city councilmembers. Members of both the Democratic and Republican parties regularly show their support for local candidates during election season. Current Mayor Robert Ruybalid has been in office since 2016, when he won an overwhelming majority of votes from the citizens of Ione. Residents also keep up-to-date on state and national politics by attending candidate forums throughout the year and through participation in online discussion groups to discuss current issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Ione, CA is moderately conservative.
Amador County, CA is strongly conservative. In Amador County, CA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Amador county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.4%.
Amador county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ione, CA is moderately conservative.
Amador County, California is strongly 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.
Ione, 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 Ione, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $25,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $11,940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)