Located in the southern Yosemite National Park, Wawona is a small community in Mariposa County, California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 169 people. Politically, Wawona residents are represented as part of California's 6th Congressional District by Republican Tom McClintock and is located within California's 5th State Senate District which is currently represented by Republican Andreas Borgeas. In terms of local politics, Wawona is governed by the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors which consists of five members who are elected from each district to serve four-year terms. The current supervisors representing Wawona are Dave Keene and Kevin Cann. The local issues affecting Wawona residents include topics such as land management, fire prevention, health care access and school funding. Residents also advocate for their own interests on matters such as tourism and recreation in Yosemite National Park. In addition to public officials and services provided at the county level, local governments also provide vital services for Wawona citizens including law enforcement, waste water management and road maintenance.
The political climate in Wawona, CA is somewhat conservative.
Mariposa County, CA is moderately conservative. In Mariposa County, CA 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mariposa county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.8%.
Mariposa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wawona, CA is somewhat conservative.
Mariposa County, California is moderately 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.
Wawona, 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 Wawona, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $6,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)