Kirkwood, California is a small mountain town located in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Although it has a small population of only 800 people, it has an active local political scene. The current mayor is John Doe who was elected in 2020 and there are two council members who serve on the city council. The local politics of Kirkwood focus mainly on preserving the environment and small-town feel while still allowing for growth and development throughout the area. There have been initiatives to improve infrastructure, increase access to recreational activities like hiking and skiing, and support sustainable economic growth. In addition to these initiatives, Kirkwood also strives to protect the natural beauty of the Sierra Mountains by advocating for more stringent regulations on logging, road building, and other forms of development that could harm the environment. The residents of Kirkwood take their civic duties seriously and remain actively engaged in local politics.
The political climate in Kirkwood, CA is leaning liberal.
Alpine County, CA is strongly liberal. In Alpine County, CA 64.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alpine county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.2% to 32.9%.
Alpine county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kirkwood, CA is leaning liberal.
Alpine County, California is strongly 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.
Kirkwood, California: r 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 Kirkwood, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 649 contributions totaling $133,316 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $4,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)