The politics in Markleeville, CA (96120) are heavily influenced by its small population of only 193 people. The town is part of the larger Alpine County, and operates within the government structure set up by the county. Local politics are overseen by the Board of Supervisors which sets policy and rules for the entire county. Members of the Board are elected from each community district, including Markleeville. The current local candidates for Supervisor are incumbent Robert Hrencher and challenger Jeff Barrett. Each candidate brings a unique perspective on how to best promote Markleeville’s interests that also balances with Alpine County's vision for its future growth and development. With such a small population, every vote matters, so turnout at elections is always high in order to put their chosen candidate into office.
The political climate in Zip 96120 (Markleeville, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Alpine County, CA is strongly liberal. In Alpine County, CA 64.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alpine county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.2% to 32.9%.
Alpine county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96120 (Markleeville, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Markleeville, California is somewhat liberal.
Alpine County, California is strongly liberal.
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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.
Markleeville, California: r d D D D D
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 96120 (Markleeville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $109,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)