Darwin, CA is a small town in Northern California, with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The local political landscape is currently dominated by the Democratic Party. Local elections are held every two years to determine the Mayor and City Council members that will be responsible for governing Darwin. The current Mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2020 and is also a member of the Democratic Party. City Council members are elected from each of the seven wards in Darwin. Currently, all seven council members are Democrats. Other local political issues include school reform, infrastructure development, and land use regulations.
The political climate in Darwin, CA is leaning conservative.
Inyo County, CA is leaning liberal. In Inyo County, CA 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Inyo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 48.7%.
Inyo county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darwin, CA is leaning conservative.
Inyo County, California 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.
Darwin, California: R R r 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 Darwin, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $16 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 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)