Plumas County, California is located in the Sierra Nevada region of the state and is home to more than 20,000 residents. The county seat is located in Quincy, CA. The Plumas County Board of Supervisors and local municipalities are responsible for governing the county and making important decisions that affect all residents. Currently, there are five board members who serve four year terms. These supervisors represent various districts throughout the county, which are divided into two supervisorial districts, each represented by two supervisors. The Plumas County Board of Supervisors meet twice a month to review items on their agenda such as budget proposals, land-use decisions, and other issues that impact the community. Local elections take place every two years throughout Plumas County in order to elect new members to the board. Additionally, many towns within Plumas County have their own elected mayors that help guide local initiatives and improvements in their municipality. Residents of Plumas County are encouraged to stay informed about local politics by attending town hall meetings or participating in public hearings when deciding on important matters that affect the community at large.
The political climate in Plumas County, CA is moderately conservative.
In Plumas County, CA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plumas county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.5%.
Plumas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plumas 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.
Plumas, 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 Plumas County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,484 contributions totaling $129,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 504 contributions totaling $47,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)