Penngrove, CA is a small town in California's Sonoma County. It is a vibrant community with a rich history and strong sense of local pride. Politically, Penngrove has long been known as a bellwether within the county for the state and national elections. The residents of Penngrove generally hold liberal views on most issues. Although there are no particular local political candidates running at this time, the citizens of Penngrove are often vocal about their opinions on both state and national issues. Residents take an active role in civic engagement and often attend public forums or rallies to advocate for their beliefs. Overall, politics in Penngrove are an important part of life for its citizens and they strive to ensure that their voice is heard on both local and larger scales.
The political climate in Penngrove, 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
Penngrove, 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.
Penngrove, 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 Penngrove, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,915 contributions totaling $479,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 464 contributions totaling $90,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)