Cohasset, California is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. The politics in Cohasset are largely dominated by local issues and concerns. Residents of Cohasset care deeply about preserving the town’s natural beauty, improving its infrastructure, and advocating for their individual rights as citizens. Local candidates often run on platforms focused on protecting the environment, expanding public transportation options, increasing employment opportunities, and creating an economically just community. Candidates must address the needs of all residents with a focus on fairness and equality to gain support from voters in Cohasset’s tight-knit community. Overall, Cohasset is committed to making sure that its citizens have access to quality resources and services that provide them with a strong foundation for success.
The political climate in Cohasset, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, CA is leaning liberal. In Butte County, CA 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.5% to 47.6%.
Butte county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cohasset, CA is leaning conservative.
Butte County, California is leaning liberal.
Chico 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.
Cohasset, California: R r d r r 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 Cohasset, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,014 contributions totaling $141,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 466 contributions totaling $103,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)