Lower Lake, CA is a small rural town located in northern California. It is largely agricultural with a population of just over 3,000 people. Politics in Lower Lake are primarily focused on issues that pertain to its rural lifestyle such as land use and conservation, infrastructure development, and agricultural subsidies. Residents of Lower Lake have the opportunity to take part in local politics by voting for their representatives in the state legislature and Congress. Additionally, they can support their favorite local political candidates during election cycles and participate in various initiatives throughout the year. The local government encourages citizens to get involved politically by attending public meetings and speaking out on important issues facing the community. With the right kind of engagement from residents, Lower Lake can continue to be a strong voice for those living in rural California.
The political climate in Lower Lake, CA is leaning conservative.
Lake County, CA is leaning liberal. In Lake County, CA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained moderately Democratic, 51.5% to 45.3%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lower Lake, CA is leaning conservative.
Lake County, California is leaning liberal.
Clearlake 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.
Lower Lake, 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 Lower Lake, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $14,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)