Calaveras County, California
Precinct data
Results by precinct
25 precincts · 26,479 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -450450 | 701 | 1,511 | 36 | 2,248 | 31.2% | 67.2% | R+36.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -560560 | 533 | 1,442 | 49 | 2,024 | 26.3% | 71.2% | R+44.9 |
| Precinct -550550 | 408 | 1,175 | 35 | 1,618 | 25.2% | 72.6% | R+47.4 |
| Precinct -170170 | 381 | 1,093 | 24 | 1,498 | 25.4% | 73.0% | R+47.5 |
| Precinct -360360 | 732 | 622 | 33 | 1,387 | 52.8% | 44.8% | D+7.9 |
| Precinct -260260 | 479 | 853 | 33 | 1,365 | 35.1% | 62.5% | R+27.4 |
| Precinct -310310 | 654 | 644 | 29 | 1,327 | 49.3% | 48.5% | D+0.8 |
| Precinct -210210 | 465 | 795 | 51 | 1,311 | 35.5% | 60.6% | R+25.2 |
| Precinct -240240 | 432 | 771 | 54 | 1,257 | 34.4% | 61.3% | R+27.0 |
| Precinct -220220 | 483 | 704 | 43 | 1,230 | 39.3% | 57.2% | R+18.0 |
| Precinct -430430 | 478 | 690 | 33 | 1,201 | 39.8% | 57.5% | R+17.7 |
| Precinct -350350 | 562 | 481 | 40 | 1,083 | 51.9% | 44.4% | D+7.5 |
| Precinct -140140 | 263 | 746 | 22 | 1,031 | 25.5% | 72.4% | R+46.8 |
| Precinct -320320 | 494 | 401 | 30 | 925 | 53.4% | 43.4% | D+10.1 |
| Precinct -150150 | 283 | 591 | 15 | 889 | 31.8% | 66.5% | R+34.6 |
| Precinct -420420 | 307 | 540 | 23 | 870 | 35.3% | 62.1% | R+26.8 |
| Precinct -110110 | 276 | 562 | 30 | 868 | 31.8% | 64.7% | R+32.9 |
| Precinct -370370 | 420 | 421 | 26 | 867 | 48.4% | 48.6% | R+0.1 |
| Precinct -410410 | 237 | 595 | 17 | 849 | 27.9% | 70.1% | R+42.2 |
| Precinct -530530 | 120 | 544 | 11 | 675 | 17.8% | 80.6% | R+62.8 |
| Precinct -440440 | 161 | 431 | 8 | 600 | 26.8% | 71.8% | R+45.0 |
| Precinct -160160 | 128 | 424 | 10 | 562 | 22.8% | 75.4% | R+52.7 |
| Precinct -515515 | 81 | 230 | 8 | 319 | 25.4% | 72.1% | R+46.7 |
| Precinct -520520 | 56 | 199 | 11 | 266 | 21.1% | 74.8% | R+53.8 |
| Precinct -510510 | 47 | 160 | 2 | 209 | 22.5% | 76.6% | R+54.1 |
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +2.7% |
| 1880 | −0.9% |
| 1884 | −3.5% |
| 1888 | −4.9% |
| 1892 | −2.9% |
| 1896 | −0.7% |
| 1900 | −10.6% |
| 1904 | −27.2% |
| 1908 | −20.6% |
| 1912 | +60.5% |
| 1916 | +12.2% |
| 1920 | −36.3% |
| 1924 | −24.4% |
| 1928 | −8.4% |
| 1932 | +38.1% |
| 1936 | +44.1% |
| 1940 | +18.5% |
| 1944 | +13.0% |
| 1948 | +2.7% |
| 1952 | −22.9% |
| 1956 | −16.2% |
| 1960 | −5.8% |
| 1964 | +16.7% |
| 1968 | −15.6% |
| 1972 | −27.3% |
| 1976 | −1.2% |
| 1980 | −29.0% |
| 1984 | −29.9% |
| 1988 | −14.5% |
| 1992 | −0.1% |
| 1996 | −9.5% |
| 2000 | −18.6% |
| 2004 | −23.8% |
| 2008 | −12.9% |
| 2012 | −16.9% |
| 2016 | −23.7% |
| 2020 | −23.7% |
| 2024 | −28.1% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.2 points more Democratic.
32,626 registered voters · 2024 · up from 31,981 in 2022
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+287 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +3,582 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $89,485 in average income, against $84,410 for residents who stayed — 6% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+10.2 on average — 38 points more Democratic-leaning than Calaveras County, CA itself (R+28.1).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- San Joaquin County, CA247R+0.9
- Contra Costa County, CA99D+37.9
- Sacramento County, CA98D+19.7
- Stanislaus County, CA90R+11.0
- Tuolumne County, CA83R+21.9
- Amador County, CA77R+27.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- San Joaquin County, CA159
- Tuolumne County, CA102
- Sacramento County, CA87
- Amador County, CA86
- Stanislaus County, CA74
- Alameda County, CA36
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −200 |
| 2012 | −252 |
| 2013 | +13 |
| 2014 | +96 |
| 2015 | +364 |
| 2016 | +464 |
| 2017 | +454 |
| 2018 | +92 |
| 2019 | +323 |
| 2021 | +1,182 |
| 2022 | +481 |
| 2023 | +190 |
| 2024 | +88 |
| 2025 | +287 |
Calaveras sits in California's Sierra Nevada foothills with a sparse, older, and predominantly white population — a demographic profile that has pushed its presidential margins roughly 28 points toward Republicans even as the state trends the other direction.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 36.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.1 points.
A population of 46,248, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,647 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tuolumne County and Amador County.
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Calaveras County, California. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/06009/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.