Yosemite Lakes, CA is a small town nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains. While politics might not be a major concern in this rural community, local government ensures that important issues are still addressed and taken care of. The Mayor and Town Council work together to provide the best services for all residents. They strive to keep taxes at a low rate while addressing important issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure and economic growth. The Town Council members are elected by the citizens of Yosemite Lakes every two years. They serve on a volunteer basis with the goal of serving their constituents to the best of their ability. Despite its smaller size, Yosemite Lakes has an active political landscape that works hard to ensure that all voices are heard and quality of life is maintained for everyone living there.
The political climate in Yosemite Lakes, CA is somewhat conservative.
Madera County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Madera County, CA 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madera county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 43.1%.
Madera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yosemite Lakes, CA is somewhat conservative.
Madera County, California is somewhat conservative.
Madera Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Yosemite Lakes, 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 Yosemite Lakes, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 883 contributions totaling $26,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $62,765 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)