South Dos Palos, CA is a small city located in Merced County, California with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The city has its own local government and holds elections for mayor and four city council members every two years. Each candidate running in the election campaigns on their own platform to illustrate the changes they would like to enact if elected. As Mayor, some current issues that candidates are discussing include furthering economic development in the community, increasing public safety initiatives, and developing more recreational amenities. In addition to these issues, many candidates also focus on improving education opportunities and investing in infrastructure projects to keep South Dos Palos competitive. With such an important role up for grabs in each election cycle, it's no surprise that the political climate in South Dos Palos remains highly contested and lively.
The political climate in South Dos Palos, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Merced County, CA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merced county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.3%.
Merced county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Dos Palos, CA is somewhat liberal.
Merced County, California is somewhat liberal.
Merced Metro Area is somewhat 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.
South Dos Palos, California: r R 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 South Dos Palos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $13,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $654 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $74,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $619 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)