El Dorado County is located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. It is home to a diverse population rich in culture and beauty. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors that represents the citizens of El Dorado County. This board is responsible for developing and implementing policies that are effective for the county as a whole, including its unincorporated communities. Elections are held every two years to elect new supervisors, who serve four-year terms. In addition, El Dorado County also has several local political organizations, both partisan and nonpartisan, that work towards advocating for their constituents’ interests. These organizations host forums and events to keep the public informed about local politics and issues of importance to El Dorado County residents.
The political climate in 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
El Dorado County, CA 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.
El Dorado, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 El Dorado County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,201 contributions totaling $1,121,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,019 contributions totaling $1,167,547 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)