Volcano, CA is a lovely small town located in the Sierra Nevadas. The local government consists of a mayor and council that work together to make decisions on behalf of the town. The current mayor, John Smith, was elected in 2020 and has been working hard to improve infrastructure and add new programs to benefit the citizens of Volcano. The rest of the council members are all elected by the citizens every four years and are dedicated to maintaining a high standard of living for their constituents. There is also a strong focus on environmental protection and conservation under their leadership. All candidates must be registered voters in Volcano in order to take part in local elections. Overall, the political landscape in Volcano is one that emphasizes collaboration and consensus-building over partisan politics or individual agendas.
The political climate in Volcano, CA is moderately conservative.
Amador County, CA is strongly conservative. In Amador County, CA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Amador county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.4%.
Amador county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Volcano, CA is moderately conservative.
Amador County, California is strongly conservative.
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.
Volcano, 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 Volcano, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 470 contributions totaling $25,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $12,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)