Garden Valley, CA is a small town located in El Dorado County with a population of around 1,000 people. The local government takes the form of a council-manager government, consisting of five council members and one mayor who are elected at-large for four-year terms. The town's current mayor is Gary Hight, and the other council members are Robert Johnson, Lisa Jordan, Kenneth Smith and Betty Evans. Each year the council meets to discuss changes to the budget and any issues that may come up in Garden Valley. They also work to promote economic growth and development in the area through incentives such as tax breaks or improved infrastructure. The town also has a local police force which works hard to keep residents safe and make sure that laws are enforced. In general, Garden Valley is a safe place with very low crime rates and a friendly atmosphere that makes it an attractive place for newcomers looking for a peaceful rural lifestyle.
The political climate in Zip 95633 (Garden Valley, CA) is somewhat conservative.
El Dorado County, CA is somewhat conservative. In El Dorado County, CA 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, El Dorado county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.4%.
El Dorado county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95633 (Garden Valley, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Garden Valley, California is somewhat conservative.
El Dorado County, California is somewhat 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.
Garden Valley, 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 95633 (Garden Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $7,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $7,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)