Olympic Valley, CA is a small community located in Placer County. Although it has a small population of about 200 people, the town is highly engaged in its local politics. The community elects officials to represent them on the board of trustees, which meets regularly to discuss and vote on important issues that affect the town. There are also various committees and organizations that are dedicated to preserving and improving the quality of life in Olympic Valley. Residents can join these committees and volunteer their time to help shape local policy and create positive change for their community. In addition, the town actively participates in countywide initiatives such as elections and ballot measures that directly impact them. Overall, the residents of Olympic Valley take great pride in their political engagement and strive to ensure that they have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 96146 (Olympic Valley, CA) is somewhat 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 96146 (Olympic Valley, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Olympic Valley, California is somewhat 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.
Olympic 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 96146 (Olympic Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $89,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $2,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)