Politics in the small rural town of 96126 Sierraville, CA are largely based on local issues that are important to the community. The primary focus is on preserving the small-town character and maintaining a sense of community. Local residents often come together to voice their opinions and express their concerns over topics such as preserving farmland, protecting natural resources, improving local transportation systems, and encouraging economic growth. Elections for local offices are held every two years, with candidates typically running on platforms that address these community priorities. All major decisions made by elected officials must go through a public hearing process where people can speak up in support or opposition. This keeps politics in Sierraville open and transparent for all to see.
The political climate in Zip 96126 (Sierraville, CA) is moderately conservative.
Sierra County, CA is moderately conservative. In Sierra County, CA 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sierra county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.7% to 37.5%.
Sierra county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96126 (Sierraville, CA) is moderately conservative.
Sierraville, California is moderately conservative.
Sierra County, California is moderately conservative.
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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.
Sierraville, 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 96126 (Sierraville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $2,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)