Colfax, CA is a small town located in Northern California with a population of about 1,800 people. The politics of Colfax are largely centered on local issues that affect the residents and businesses in the area. These issues include maintaining quality public services such as police, fire, and parks, promoting economic development to meet the needs of local businesses and citizens, as well as developing plans for future growth and infrastructure. In recent elections, local candidates have focused on improving access to healthcare and educational opportunities for all citizens in Colfax. There has also been an emphasis placed on balancing environment conservation with economic growth as well as protecting public safety while still respecting individual rights in the community. Community members often come together to discuss local political issues at town meetings or other forums where they can voice their opinions and give their input into how they would like their municipality to be run.
The political climate in Colfax, CA is somewhat conservative.
Placer County, CA is leaning conservative. In Placer County, CA 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Placer county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Placer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colfax, CA is somewhat conservative.
Placer County, California is leaning conservative.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area 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.
Colfax, 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 Colfax, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 542 contributions totaling $19,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $16,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)