The city of Columbia, CA 95310 is a vibrant community located in Tuolumne County. Politically, the city votes for candidates from both major political parties and is home to several local organizations that host monthly forums and debates in order to engage residents in political conversations. Residents are encouraged to become involved in the political process and can find out more information by visiting City Hall or attending one of the many public meetings. The majority of local elections are nonpartisan, meaning that residents have to choose their candidate based solely on their preferred policies rather than which party they support. This gives citizens an opportunity to make sure their voices are heard and their opinions taken into consideration when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 95310 (Columbia, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Tuolumne County, CA is moderately conservative. In Tuolumne County, CA 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuolumne county remained very strongly Republican, 58.2% to 39.4%.
Tuolumne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95310 (Columbia, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Columbia, California is somewhat conservative.
Tuolumne County, California is moderately conservative.
Sonora Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Columbia, 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 95310 (Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $13,237 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $7,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)