Shasta County, located in Northern California, is an area with a strong sense of community. The county's political atmosphere is incredibly influential when it comes to the local elections that take place every few years. These elections are highly competitive and residents of Shasta County take their voting rights seriously. Candidates in local elections are often well-known members of the community who have a reputation for being involved and active in their constituency. Political issues discussed at debates vary widely, from government spending and tax reform to environmental protection and infrastructure development. As the population of Shasta County continues to grow, so too does its political involvement as more residents become informed about local issues and take an active role in shaping the future of their county.
The political climate in Shasta County, CA is very conservative.
In Shasta County, CA 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shasta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.3%.
Shasta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shasta County, CA is very conservative.
Redding Metro Area is very 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.
Shasta, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Shasta County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,520 contributions totaling $408,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,810 contributions totaling $829,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)