The small town of Pinole, California is served by a mayor-council government. The mayor is elected for a four-year term and the council members are elected for staggered four-year terms. Elections are held every two years to fill positions on the City Council. The City Council is responsible for setting city policy, setting city budgets, approving contracts, and other duties as prescribed by law. The Mayor has the authority to veto ordinances passed by the City Council and can call special meetings of the City Council. This type of government ensures that decisions made in Pinole are made in accordance with the wishes of its citizens. Additionally, there are many local organizations that work together to ensure Pinole remains a vibrant community with plenty of recreational activities, cultural events, and educational opportunities available to all citizens.
The political climate in Pinole, CA is strongly liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pinole, CA is strongly liberal.
Contra Costa County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley 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.
Pinole, 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 Pinole, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,391 contributions totaling $1,153,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 830 contributions totaling $236,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)