Carnelian Bay, California is a small town situated on the shore of Lake Tahoe. It is a popular destination for outdoor recreation and lake activities. The local government of Carnelian Bay consists of seven city council members, elected to four-year terms by the residents of the city. They are responsible for setting policies and making decisions that affect the town's residents. The city council typically meets regularly to discuss issues such as budgeting, taxation, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and land use planning. In addition to the municipal government, residents also have representation in state and federal governments through their designated representatives. Local political candidates in 96140 Carnelian Bay often focus on issues that directly impact the local community such as improving access to recreational opportunities at Lake Tahoe or protecting natural resources like forests and lakeshores from development. A recent election focused on increasing housing opportunities in order to keep young families in Carnelian Bay instead of moving out due to lack of affordability.
The political climate in Zip 96140 (Carnelian Bay, CA) is leaning conservative.
Placer County, CA is leaning conservative. In Placer County, CA 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Placer county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Placer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96140 (Carnelian Bay, CA) is leaning conservative.
Carnelian Bay, California is leaning conservative.
Placer County, California is leaning 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.
Carnelian Bay, 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 96140 (Carnelian Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 227 contributions totaling $23,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $7,738 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)