McCloud, CA is a small rural town located in Siskiyou County. With its close proximity to Mount Shasta, McCloud is known for its beautiful scenery and outdoor activities such as camping, fishing, skiing and snowboarding. The town is home to a variety of businesses and services that are mostly locally owned. Despite its small size, politics still plays an important role in the community of McCloud. Local politicians focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements and public safety. They also work to maintain a high quality of life for residents by advocating for services such as healthcare, education and public transportation. Many members of the town have been actively involved in local campaigns and initiatives that work to make sure that their voices are heard and their needs are met.
The political climate in McCloud, CA is somewhat conservative.
Siskiyou County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Siskiyou County, CA 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Siskiyou county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 40.9%.
Siskiyou county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McCloud, CA is somewhat conservative.
Siskiyou County, California is somewhat 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.
McCloud, 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 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 McCloud, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $1,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)