Calaveras County, located in Northern California, is home to a diverse and vibrant community. With a rich history of agriculture, mining, and tourism the county has been able to maintain its rural beauty while adapting to the modern world. In addition to its many outdoor activities and attractions, Calaveras County is also home to an active political environment. At the local level, citizens are encouraged to participate in elections for their representatives for the Board of Supervisors which oversees most of the county's government operations. Citizens can also find numerous ways to become engaged with politics at the state level with their U.S Representatives as well as Senators representing them at the federal level. Additionally, there are many local political candidates running for office ranging from School Board members to members on certain committees such as Planning Commission or County Waste Reduction & Recycling Committee. By participating in these elections and voting for candidates that they believe will best represent their interests in government, citizens can shape the future of Calaveras County.
The political climate in Calaveras County, CA is moderately conservative.
In Calaveras County, CA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calaveras county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 36.8%.
Calaveras county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calaveras County, CA is moderately conservative.
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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.
Calaveras, 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 Calaveras County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,565 contributions totaling $193,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 572 contributions totaling $88,529 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)