Butte Valley, California is a small town located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The town has a rich history and is home to a diverse population with both rural and urban influences. As a small community, Butte Valley doesn't have many political candidates and its local politics are mainly focused on issues that affect the entire region. These issues include traffic and road safety, education, economic development, environmental sustainability, and public health. Residents of Butte Valley often engage in local political activities such as attending meetings of other towns in order to stay informed on current issues and participate in civic engagement opportunities like voting. Residents therefore have an important role to play in their community’s politics by advocating for shared interests and engaging in discourse around possible solutions to address concerns in Butte Valley.
The political climate in Butte Valley, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, CA is leaning liberal. In Butte County, CA 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.5% to 47.6%.
Butte county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butte Valley, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, California is leaning liberal.
Chico Metro Area is leaning 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.
Butte Valley, California: R r d r r 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 Butte Valley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,111 contributions totaling $93,553 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 540 contributions totaling $84,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)