Upper Lake, CA has a long history of local politics. The city council is composed of five members and the mayor is elected by popular vote. Every four years, citizens have the opportunity to elect their local representatives to serve on the Upper Lake City Council. The council is responsible for making decisions concerning the city’s services, infrastructure, budget, and taxation. They also set policies that will affect all residents in Upper Lake. Local elections are held annually and many important policy decisions are made during these times. Residents can vote to keep or replace current officials or pass resolutions for changes in certain areas of interest. Each election provides an opportunity for citizens to have their say in how their town runs and invests its resources for the betterment of all of its citizens.
The political climate in Upper Lake, CA is leaning liberal.
Lake County, CA is leaning liberal. In Lake County, CA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained moderately Democratic, 51.5% to 45.3%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upper Lake, CA is leaning liberal.
Lake County, California is leaning liberal.
Clearlake 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.
Upper Lake, 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 Upper Lake, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $36,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $12,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,768 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)