South Lake Tahoe, California is a small town located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in El Dorado County. It has a strong sense of community and local politics are an important part of life here. The city government is headed by City Council and Mayor who are elected by the people of South Lake Tahoe every two years. Currently, the Mayor is Wendy David and the City Council consists of five members: Tom Davis, Brooke Laine, Bill Crawford, John Friedrichsen, and Jason Collin. These leaders are responsible for making decisions about important local topics such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, public safety, and quality of life initiatives. The citizens of South Lake Tahoe take an active role in supporting their local candidates through participation in political debates and forums. They also work to ensure that their voices are heard on issues that affect them directly through petition drives and voter registration drives.
The political climate in South Lake Tahoe, CA is leaning liberal.
El Dorado County, CA is somewhat conservative. In El Dorado County, CA 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, El Dorado county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.4%.
El Dorado county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Lake Tahoe, CA is leaning liberal.
El Dorado County, California is somewhat conservative.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area is moderately 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 Lake Tahoe, 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 South Lake Tahoe, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 856 contributions totaling $46,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $18,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)