Arnold, CA is a small town located in Calaveras County and is known for its quaint downtown, outdoor activities, historic buildings, and active community. Politically, Arnold is an interesting place that gives its citizens the opportunity to be involved in the local decision-making process. The city government is composed of a mayor and five council members that split up the duties of providing services for the town. They are responsible for making sure public safety is maintained through fire protection and law enforcement, environmental control though zoning regulations, and economic development through providing incentives to businesses. Additionally, they work with other governmental entities such as Calaveras County and the State of California to provide necessary resources for the citizens of Arnold. The local political candidates serve to represent the interests of their constituents when making decisions on important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Arnold, 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
Arnold, 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.
Arnold, 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 Arnold, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 781 contributions totaling $40,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $10,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)