Klamath, California is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. It is known for its beautiful scenery and laid back atmosphere. Politically, Klamath is represented by representatives from both major parties at both the federal and state level. Representatives include senators from the US Senate, members of congress from the House of Representatives, and politicians from California's State Legislature. In addition to these elected officials, Klamath also has many political organizations which help to engage citizens in their local politics and encourage civic involvement. These organizations work to ensure that their voices are heard in local government and that they have a say in decisions that affect them directly. They strive to create an environment where everyone feels included and can participate in civil discourse regardless of their political affiliation or background.
The political climate in Klamath, CA is somewhat conservative.
Del Norte County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Del Norte County, CA 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Del Norte county remained very strongly Republican, 56.4% to 40.8%.
Del Norte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Klamath, CA is somewhat conservative.
Del Norte County, California is somewhat conservative.
Crescent City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Klamath, 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 Klamath, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)