Richvale, CA is a small rural town in California with a population of less than 1,000 people. Its political landscape is largely shaped by the local elections that take place every four years. The elected officials are responsible for determining the town's budget, overseeing developments and services, and ultimately making decisions on how to best serve the community. Local political candidates campaigning for positions on the Richvale city council strive to represent their constituents’ interests while leading on key issues that affect the town. Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of local issues such as education, economic development, public safety and infrastructure in order to effectively lead. Voters have the opportunity to make their voices heard through casting their ballots in favor of candidates they believe will be best suited to serve them. As such, elections in Richvale can play an important role in shaping its future and creating a better quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Richvale, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, CA is leaning liberal. In Butte County, CA 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.5% to 47.6%.
Butte county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richvale, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, California is leaning liberal.
Chico Metro Area is leaning 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.
Richvale, California: R r d r r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Richvale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $17,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $35,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)