Parkwood, CA is a small city with a population of around 12,000 people. It is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council who work together to ensure that the needs of the community are met. The current Mayor is Tom Johnson, who has held the position for many years. There are several other local political candidates vying for positions on the City Council, including John Smith, Martha Jones and Amy White. These candidates all have different ideas and opinions about how best to serve the Parkwood community. They all have a long history of service to Parkwood and their commitment to making it a better place is evident in their campaigns. Each candidate brings something unique to the table and has their own vision for the future of Parkwood. Residents will have plenty of choices when it comes time to vote in the upcoming election this November.
The political climate in Parkwood, CA is leaning liberal.
Madera County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Madera County, CA 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madera county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 43.1%.
Madera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parkwood, CA is leaning liberal.
Madera County, California is somewhat conservative.
Madera Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Parkwood, 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 Parkwood, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 316 contributions totaling $63,370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $208,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)