Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Now that the county’s June election results are out, you can see how your precinct voted in the race and analyze the returns (including the Measure B fire tax that failed in the south county).

All told, this more granular geographical approach confirms that partisanship along political party lines is alive and well in our county depending on where you live — even in supposedly nonpartisan races (AKA we are “purple.”)

I did a little legwork for you by providing links to the relevant documents, the pertinent page numbers — as well as a “cheat sheet” of precincts.

The first is the certified returns, which are here. The next is the “cheat sheet,” which lists each precinct below.

Some conclusions:

•Measure B (a fire tax) failed in the most conservative part of the county. The low voter turnout did not help. It is a reminder of how the ideological “anti-tax” sentiment can have unintended pragmatic consequences.

•Moderate GOPer Nate Beason won lots of votes from Democrats to avoid a runoff in the District 1 Supervisor race. He won by more than 50 percent of the votes in every District 1 precinct, including Sue McGuire’s, that I could tell.

•I couldn’t find a precinct where George Smyrnos beat Tom Anderson in the time I devoted to this exercise.

I encourage all of you to “dig deeper.”

Here’s how it worked for me to analyze the results online: You can open up your “cheat sheet” on one screen of your computer and view the results on another. (A good local newspaper would publish a detailed map, both in print and online).

PRECINCT CHEAT SHEET:

CP01
PEARDALE-CHICAGO PARK FIREHOUSE
CP02
NEVADA CO HORSEMENS CLUB
CP03
NEVADA CO SUPT OF SCHOOLS
CP04
MADELYN HELLING LIBRARY COMM ROOM BD A
CP05
MADELYN HELLING LIBRARY COMM ROOM BD B
CP06
SEAMANS LODGE PIONEER PARK BD A
CP07
NEVCO CONS FIREHOUSE 80
CP08
PEARDALE CHICAGO PARK FIREHOUSE 57
CP09
NEVADA CITY VETERANS BLDG BD A
CP10
NEVADA CITY VETERANS BLDG BD B
CP11
HIGGINS LIONS COMMUNITY CTR
CP12
LOP YACHT LOUNGE
CP13
PLEASANT RIDGE ELEM SCHOOL
CP14
HIGGINS CORNER FIREHOUSE
CP15
ALTA SIERRA ELEM SCHOOL – MP ROOM BD A
CP16
ALTA SIERRA C/C BD A
CP17
ALTA SIERRA C/C BD B
CP18
ALTA SIERRA C/C BD C
CP19
SIERRA PINES METHODIST CHURCH
CP20
ALTA SIERRA ELEM SCHOOL – MP ROOM BD B
CP21
FOREST SPRINGS MOBILE HOME PARK
CP22
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
CP23
GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
CP24
GRASS VALLEY VETERANS BLDG BD A
CP25
GRASS VALLEY VETERANS BLDG BD B
CP26
GRASS VALLEY VETERANS BLDG BD C
CP27
UNITY IN THE GOLD COUNTRY
CP28
CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH BD A
CP29
CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH BD B
CP30
LOVE BUILDING, CONDON PARK
CP31
LAKE WILDWOOD COMM CTR OAK RM BD A
CP32
LAKE WILDWOOD COMM CTR OAK RM BD B
CP33
NEVCO CONS FIREHOUSE 92
CP34
HIGGINS FIREHOUSE 23
CP35
PENN VALLEY FIREHOUSE 43 BD A
CP36
WILLIAMS RANCH ELEM SCHOOL
CP37
ROUGH & READY FIREHOUSE
CP38
PENN VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH BD A
CP39
KENTUCKY FLAT COMMUNITY CENTER
CP40
PENN VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH BD B
CP41
NORTH SAN JUAN SENIOR CITIZENS CTR
CP42
NORTH COLUMBIA SCHOOL HOUSE
CP43
PENN VALLEY FIREHOUSE 43 BD B
CP44
EMIGRANT TRAIL MUSEUM
CP45
NORTHWOODS CLUBHOUSE BD A
CP46
NORTHWOODS CLUBHOUSE BD B
CP47
TRUCKEE DONNER PUD BD A
CP48
TRUCKEE DONNER PUD BD B
CP49
GLENSHIRE ELEM SCHOOL
CP50
GLENSHIRE SWIM & TENNIS CLUB
CP51
NEVCO CONS FIREHOUSE 84
CP52
FOOTHILL CHURCH
CP53
BANNER GRANGE #627
CP54
SEAMANS LODGE PIONEER PARK BD B
CP55
LAKE WILDWOOD COMM CT

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