Paradise Park, CA is a small town located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Despite its population size, it has a robust political system with a range of elected officials. Politicians at the local level are responsible for managing the daily activities of the town and addressing any issues that arise from residents and businesses. The town is represented by local representatives on the City Council who work closely with the Mayor to ensure that all decisions are made in an equitable and transparent manner. These representatives are accountable to their constituents and have a duty to make decisions with their best interests in mind. The Town Hall holds regular public meetings where citizens can voice their opinions and concerns about government policy, and all local politicians must abide by these meetings and take them seriously when considering how best to serve their constituents. Overall, Paradise Park, CA has an engaged political system that works hard to keep its people informed about local politics.
The political climate in Paradise Park, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, CA 78.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 78.4% to 18.5%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paradise Park, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, California is very liberal.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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.
Paradise Park, 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 Paradise Park, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,335 contributions totaling $3,427,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 787 contributions totaling $206,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)