Guerneville, CA is a small community located in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. The town is known for its laid-back atmosphere and vibrant downtown area. Guerneville is governed by the Guerneville Community Services District, which consists of five board members that are elected by local voters. The current Board Members are President Jeffrey Stearns, Vice-President Michael Gingery, Secretary/Treasurer Bob Kossar, and Directors Richard Wichert and Jack Remy. Together they work to ensure that the community's needs are met while protecting its natural environment. Residents of Guerneville have an opportunity to be involved in local politics through attending town hall meetings and public hearings where various issues affecting the community can be discussed and voted on. Additionally, residents can support local candidates running for office or volunteer their time to help a candidate campaign. By being active in local politics, residents of Guerneville can continue to make sure their voices are heard in order to preserve the unique character of this small California town.
The political climate in Guerneville, CA is moderately liberal.
Sonoma County, CA is very liberal. In Sonoma County, CA 74.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sonoma county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.5% to 23.0%.
Sonoma county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Guerneville, CA is moderately liberal.
Sonoma County, California is very liberal.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma Metro Area is very 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.
Guerneville, California: D 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 Guerneville, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,258 contributions totaling $183,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $21,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)