Located in Calaveras County, Arnold is a small mountain community of approximately 3,500 people. The city has a strong sense of community spirit and the local political candidates often work together to ensure that the residents' needs are met. Arnold's government consists of five elected City Council members and an appointed Mayor, who all work to improve the local infrastructure, public safety and quality of life within the city. Local candidates strive to keep taxes low and support small businesses while providing necessary services such as trash collection, road maintenance, and parks upkeep. Additionally, there is an active citizens group that meets regularly to discuss issues affecting the city and resources available for residents.
The political climate in Zip 95223 (Arnold, CA) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 95223 (Arnold, CA) is moderately conservative.
Arnold, California is moderately conservative.
Calaveras County, California 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.
Arnold, 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 zip 95223 (Arnold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 771 contributions totaling $40,444 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $10,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)