Oroville, California is a small city located in the northern part of Butte County. It is the county seat of Butte County and has a population of approximately 19,500 people. Oroville is governed by an elected five-member City Council that meets on a biweekly basis to discuss matters related to city policy and legislation. The current mayor is Chuck Reynolds, who has been Mayor since 2008. The council members are Edie Irby, Lisa Shafer, Jack Berryhill, Sean Morgan and Henry Briscoe Jr., all elected to four-year terms. There are several local political issues that have come before the City Council recently such as zoning regulations for medical cannabis dispensaries, consideration of solar energy projects and support for local business initiatives. The City Council also works closely with local government entities like Butte County Health and Human Services to ensure the welfare of Oroville's citizens.
The political climate in Oroville, CA is leaning liberal.
Butte County, CA is leaning liberal. In Butte County, CA 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.5% to 47.6%.
Butte county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oroville, CA is leaning liberal.
Butte County, California is leaning liberal.
Chico Metro Area is leaning 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.
Oroville, California: R r d r r 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 Oroville, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,949 contributions totaling $122,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,843 contributions totaling $194,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)