The city of Loleta, CA is a small and vibrant community located in Humboldt County. With the population size of about 1,200 people, Loleta is a great place to live for those looking for a small-town atmosphere. Despite its size, Loleta is politically active with many local political candidates running for office in recent years. Local elections often feature debates between candidates from both major parties about various issues facing the community such as education, infrastructure, and public safety. These political conversations are an important part of how the citizens of Loleta decide who should represent them in government and help shape their community's future.
The political climate in Loleta, CA is somewhat liberal.
Humboldt County, CA is very liberal. In Humboldt County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 31.4%.
Humboldt county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Loleta, CA is somewhat liberal.
Humboldt County, California is very liberal.
Eureka-Arcata Metro Area is very 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.
Loleta, California: d D D D D 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 Loleta, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $1,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)