The small town of Pollock Pines, California is located in El Dorado County. Although it is a small community, with a population of just over 4,000 people, it still has an active political scene. Local politics are centered on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, which sets county-wide taxes and regulations. The board currently consists of three members: Richard Egan (Chairman), Norma Santiago (Vice Chairman) and Barbara Davis (Member). Other local political offices include the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department and the Pollock Pines City Council. The current mayor is Clyde LaMotte, who was elected in 2018. He is supported by four council members: Kathy Hargrove, Bill Murphy, David Moore and Dody Matherly. With local politicians working together to ensure that Pollock Pines remains a safe and welcoming place to live and work, this small community continues to thrive.
The political climate in Zip 95726 (Pollock Pines, 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 95726 (Pollock Pines, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Pollock Pines, 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.
Pollock Pines, 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 95726 (Pollock Pines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 467 contributions totaling $19,795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $5,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)