McKinleyville, CA is a small community located in Humboldt County. The town is known for its rural charm and local politics which aim to serve the best interests of the residents. McKinleyville's local government is comprised of an elected mayor and five council members who are responsible for creating legislation that address the needs of the town, such as public safety and infrastructure projects. Each election season brings new candidates and a variety of viewpoints on how to best serve McKinleyville's diverse population. The local elections attract attention from all over Humboldt County as citizens come out to vote for their preferred candidate. No matter who wins, the people of McKinleyville are committed to making sure their voices are heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in McKinleyville, CA is moderately liberal.
Humboldt County, CA is very liberal. In Humboldt County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 31.4%.
Humboldt county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McKinleyville, CA is moderately liberal.
Humboldt County, California is very liberal.
Eureka-Arcata Metro Area is very 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.
McKinleyville, California: d D D D D 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 McKinleyville, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,530 contributions totaling $233,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $19,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)