Honcut, California is a small rural community located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, 35 miles north of Sacramento. Despite its remote location and small population, Honcut maintains an active political landscape. The city is part of Butte County and is represented by various local representatives in the state government. In addition to the state level representation, Honcut also has representatives at the county level and on various boards and commissions within Butte County. Residents in Honcut have the opportunity to engage directly in politics by attending various city council meetings or participating in local campaigns for elected officials. The response to political issues from citizens of Honcut has been strong over the years and continues to be an important factor in shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Honcut, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, CA is leaning liberal. In Butte County, CA 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.5% to 47.6%.
Butte county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Honcut, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, California is leaning liberal.
Chico Metro Area 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.
Honcut, California: R r d 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 Honcut, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 661 contributions totaling $43,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 771 contributions totaling $61,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)