Olivehurst, CA is located in Yuba County and is one of the oldest incorporated cities in the state. Politically, Olivehurst is a largely conservative area and the majority of its citizens vote Republican in local, state, and national elections. Most recently, Olivehurst elected James Smith as Mayor in 2018 and he has recently been re-elected for another term. The community also boasts several city council members who are dedicated to helping improve the quality of life for all its citizens. These officials are committed to creating an environment that fosters growth and prosperity while maintaining the historical character that makes Olivehurst such a great place to live. The city council works hard to ensure that local services such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives remain well funded and properly managed so that all residents can benefit from them.
The political climate in Zip 95961 (Olivehurst, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Yuba County, CA is moderately conservative. In Yuba County, CA 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yuba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 37.7%.
Yuba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95961 (Olivehurst, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Olivehurst, California is somewhat conservative.
Yuba County, California is moderately conservative.
Yuba City 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.
Olivehurst, 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 95961 (Olivehurst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $9,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $9,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)