Fort Bidwell is located in Modoc County, California and has a population of approximately 200 people. The local political scene is made up solely of the Modoc County Board of Supervisors, which is responsible for making decisions on a variety of topics such as budgets, infrastructure projects, land-use regulations, and public safety. It consists of five elected members who are elected at-large to four-year terms. They have the ability to pass ordinances, levy taxes, and approve county contracts with private businesses. There are no local political candidates in Fort Bidwell as it falls under the jurisdiction of the county board of supervisors. Therefore, residents participate in voting on countywide issues during elections that include local and state representatives.
The political climate in Fort Bidwell, CA is strongly 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
Fort Bidwell, CA is strongly 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.
Fort Bidwell, 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 Fort Bidwell, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $3,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,600 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)