Cedar Ridge, California is a small town with a population of about 5,000 people. The town is governed by the Cedar Ridge City Council, which consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are also elected from the members of the council and serve their terms for one year. The city council meets monthly to discuss matters such as budgeting, services provided to citizens, regulations for businesses, and planning for future growth. In addition to the city council, other roles in local government include a Clerk/Treasurer, Safety Officers and Police Officers. Cedar Ridge has an active citizen participation in its politics; many citizens attend town hall meetings and participate in various committees that work on projects for the betterment of the community. Citizens also have an opportunity to participate in local political elections by voting for their preferred candidates at election time.
The political climate in Cedar Ridge, 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
Cedar Ridge, 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.
Cedar Ridge, 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 Cedar Ridge, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,371 contributions totaling $273,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,166 contributions totaling $188,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)