Alturas, CA is a small town located in northern California, with a population of around 2,800 people. It has a rich history and deep roots in local politics. The Alturas City Council is composed of five elected members who are responsible for all matters of local governance, from city budgeting to land use and development. Local elections take place every two years and feature a variety of candidates representing various political ideologies. Voters can typically expect to see candidates from the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, and other smaller parties. In recent years, the Alturas City Council has seen an increase in progressive candidates running for office with the goal of supporting environmental protection or economic development initiatives designed to benefit the community as a whole. As Alturas continues to grow and evolve over time, it will be interesting to see how its local politics continue to shift as well.
The political climate in Alturas, CA is moderately conservative.
Modoc County, CA is very conservative. In Modoc County, CA 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Modoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.3%.
Modoc county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alturas, CA is moderately conservative.
Modoc County, California is very 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.
Alturas, 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 Alturas, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $10,774 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $5,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)