Philo, CA is a small rural town located in the Mendocino County of California. The town has a population of approximately 5500 people and is known for its natural beauty and quaint atmosphere. Politically, Philo has always been a progressive community with strong grassroots support for its local candidates. There are currently two major political parties represented in Philo: the Democratic Party and the Green Party. The Democratic Party is represented by two local assembly members, Steve Wood and Maureen Kirkpatrick, who both focus on issues such as education reform, environmental protection, sustainable growth, and economic opportunity. The Green Party members include Dave Newman and Laura Marston-Coxon who are strongly supportive of issues such as renewable energy, organic farming practices, health care reform and workplace equality. Both parties have their own platforms that they promote which allows voters to make informed decisions when voting for their representatives.
The political climate in Philo, CA is moderately liberal.
Mendocino County, CA is very liberal. In Mendocino County, CA 66.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mendocino county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.4% to 30.6%.
Mendocino county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Philo, CA is moderately liberal.
Mendocino County, California is very liberal.
Ukiah Metro Area is very 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.
Philo, 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 Philo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 756 contributions totaling $63,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $7,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)