The small town of Foresthill, California has a population of about 1,400 people. It is a rural town in Placer County, located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The local politics of Foresthill are relatively small-scale compared to the rest of the state. Placer County is divided into five supervisorial districts, and Foresthill falls within District 5. Decisions regarding taxes, zoning, infrastructure and other governance matters are made at this level rather than statewide elections. Local citizens participate in grassroots movements to address issues that affect their community and often rely on local involvement for political decisions. There are currently no specific names for local political candidates in Foresthill. However, residents may vote in county-wide elections for officials such as Sheriff, Board of Supervisors and District Attorney to have a say in who represents them in government affairs.
The political climate in Zip 95631 (Foresthill, 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 95631 (Foresthill, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Foresthill, 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.
Foresthill, 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 95631 (Foresthill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 620 contributions totaling $46,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $6,940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)