Middletown, California is a small town in the foothills of northern California. It has a unique political landscape that reflects its small-town roots. Middletown is served by a city council and mayor who work together to make decisions for the town. The local government focuses on providing essential services to the citizens of Middletown such as roads, water, and sewer systems while also promoting economic growth and development. There are several local political candidates running for office in this upcoming election cycle, each with their own ideas about how best to serve the people of Middletown. Each candidate brings their individual experience and knowledge to the table and works hard to ensure that their vision for the future of Middletown is heard. The citizens of Middletown take an active role in politics by attending meetings, voting in elections, and speaking up when they feel it is important. With such engaged citizens working alongside elected officials, Middletown has the chance to create a bright future for itself and its residents.
The political climate in Middletown, CA is leaning liberal.
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
Middletown, CA is leaning liberal.
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.
Middletown, 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 Middletown, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 380 contributions totaling $19,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $2,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)