Samoa, California is a small unincorporated community located in Humboldt County. The town has a rich history, with the original inhabitants of the area being Native Americans from the Wiyot Tribe. In recent years, the town has become more politically active and involved with local politics. There are numerous organizations in Samoa that advocate for better housing and economic opportunities for its citizens. Additionally, various local political candidates have come forward to run for office in the past several years, offering their perspectives and solutions on issues such as education, affordable health care, public safety, and environmental protection. Despite its small population size, Samoa is an important part of Humboldt's larger political landscape and is actively engaged in promoting positive change for its citizens.
The political climate in Samoa, CA is moderately 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
Samoa, CA is moderately 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.
Samoa, 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 Samoa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,267 contributions totaling $191,789 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $16,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)