Dos Palos, CA is a small city located in Merced County, California. It has a rich history of local politics that always puts the interests of its residents first. The City Council meets every month to discuss the needs of the community and to make decisions on key issues like infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Every two years, local residents elect four council members from among their peers to represent them in City Hall. The council works together on initiatives that aim to improve quality of life for Dos Palos citizens by promoting civic engagement and talking about important issues. They also work with state and federal leaders to ensure that Dos Palos is well-represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Dos Palos, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Merced County, CA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merced county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.3%.
Merced county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dos Palos, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, California is somewhat liberal.
Merced Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dos Palos, California: r R 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 Dos Palos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $13,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $654 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $74,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $619 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)