Lassen County, California is located in the northeastern part of the state and is home to a diverse population. It is a rural county with an economy based on agriculture, timber, mining, and government services. The county has a board of supervisors that serves as its governing body. Elections for board members are held every two years in June with terms starting in January of the following year. There are also other local elected offices such as assessor-recorder, sheriff, district attorney, superintendent of schools, and auditor-controller. These positions are filled by election or appointment depending on the office. All of these officials work together to ensure good governance in the county and provide services that benefit the citizens of Lassen County.
The political climate in Lassen County, CA is very conservative.
In Lassen County, CA 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lassen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.2%.
Lassen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lassen County, CA is very conservative.
Susanville Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Lassen, 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 Lassen County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $47,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 413 contributions totaling $42,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)