Smith River, CA is a small town located in Northern California that has a strong local political presence. The town government is made up of an elected Town Council composed of five members who serve four-year terms. Smith River also elects a Mayor and City Manager annually to manage the day-to-day affairs of the community. The local political landscape is further shaped by active civic organizations, community outreach programs, and other local initiatives. Smith River is committed to creating an engaged and empowered citizenry that can work together for positive change and progress in the town. Each year, residents have the opportunity to cast their votes in local elections for various positions including City Council members, Mayor, and City Manager. The outcome of these election results has been seen as a reflection of the local political climate in Smith River.
The political climate in Smith River, CA is somewhat conservative.
Del Norte County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Del Norte County, CA 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Del Norte county remained very strongly Republican, 56.4% to 40.8%.
Del Norte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smith River, CA is somewhat conservative.
Del Norte County, California is somewhat conservative.
Crescent City Metro Area 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.
Smith River, 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 Smith River, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $10,468 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)