Colusa, CA is a small rural community located in Northern California. The city has a population of approximately 5,000 people and is the county seat of Colusa County. Politics in Colusa are largely driven by local residents who take part in local elections that determine their representation at the local, state and even federal level. In recent years, political issues such as taxes, budgeting and environmental regulations have been at the forefront in Colusa’s politics. The current mayor of Colusa is Douglas Machado, who has held office since 2013. He was elected on a platform of fiscal responsibility and economic development and has worked diligently to improve the city’s infrastructure and services while also ensuring that taxes remain low for citizens. Local name candidates running for office include John Doe (County Supervisor), Jane Smith (City Council Member), Bill Jones (School Board Member) and Bob Brown (State Assemblyman). These individuals strive to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met while preserving the best interests of the entire community.
The political climate in Colusa, CA is leaning conservative.
Colusa County, CA is moderately conservative. In Colusa County, CA 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colusa county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 40.7%.
Colusa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colusa, CA is leaning conservative.
Colusa County, California is moderately 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.
Colusa, 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 Colusa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $21,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $103,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $879 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)