Benton, CA is a small city located in Northern California. It is known for its picturesque views and unique atmosphere, but also has an active political scene. The local government consists of the mayor and four members of the City Council who are elected to serve four-year terms. The city works to ensure that its citizens have access to basic services such as police protection, fire prevention, and public health. Additionally, Benton hosts regular meetings with local community groups to discuss issues specific to their area and how best to address them. Through this collaboration, the city works hard to ensure that all of its constituents have a voice in local politics.
The political climate in Benton, CA is leaning liberal.
Mono County, CA is moderately liberal. In Mono County, CA 59.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mono county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.6% to 37.3%.
Mono county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benton, CA is leaning liberal.
Mono County, California is moderately 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.
Benton, California: R d 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 Benton, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,539 contributions totaling $105,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $53,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)