Hat Creek, CA is a small rural town in northern California. The politics of the town are determined by the citizens who live there and are active in local government. At the city level, Hat Creek has a Mayor and four city council members who are elected by the people. These representatives make decisions that impact the day-to-day lives of residents and they strive to keep Hat Creek thriving. Along with the Mayor and City Council, there are numerous community organizations such as churches, schools, businesses, nonprofits, and civic groups that all contribute to making Hat Creek a great place to live. Residents have many opportunities to get involved in local politics through attending meetings or running for office themselves. The politics of this small town reflect its values of kindness, cooperation, and respect for one another’s opinions.
The political climate in Hat Creek, CA is strongly conservative.
Shasta County, CA is very conservative. In Shasta County, CA 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shasta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.3%.
Shasta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hat Creek, CA is strongly conservative.
Shasta County, California is very conservative.
Redding Metro Area 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.
Hat Creek, 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 Hat Creek, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $2,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)