Spring Valley, located in Lake County, California, is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 15,000. The politics in Spring Valley are mainly governed by the Lake County Board of Supervisors, which consists of five members elected to four-year terms. The board sets policy and approves budgets for county departments and special districts. Elections held in Spring Valley are nonpartisan and open to all registered voters. Each supervisor is responsible for representing the interests and concerns of their constituents throughout the county. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, local elections may include school boards, mayors, city councils, and other city officials depending on the area within Spring Valley. Through these local races, residents have the opportunity to promote change in their community on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development and more.
The political climate in Spring Valley (Lake County), CA is leaning conservative.
Lake County, CA is leaning liberal. In Lake County, CA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained moderately Democratic, 51.5% to 45.3%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Valley (Lake County), CA is leaning conservative.
Lake County, California is leaning liberal.
Clearlake Metro Area is leaning 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.
Spring Valley (Lake County), 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 Spring Valley (Lake County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 322 contributions totaling $12,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $10,436 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)