Mendocino County, in California's North Coast region, is a scenic area that is known for its rugged coastline and redwood forests. It is also an area that is highly politically active. Mendocino County has a diverse voting base, made up of both urban and rural constituents. The county is represented by several politicians at the local, state and federal levels. In addition to representing Mendocino County’s interests in the legislature, these individuals work to ensure the county continues to have access to quality healthcare, education opportunities and other essential services. They also work to support businesses throughout the county through positive economic policies. Mendocino County has been witnessing increasing political engagement in recent years with more people actively taking part in local elections. This increased engagement has resulted in greater voter turnout as well as increased involvement from citizens in shaping their community’s future.
The political climate in Mendocino County, CA is very liberal.
In Mendocino County, CA 66.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mendocino county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.4% to 30.6%.
Mendocino county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mendocino County, CA is very liberal.
Ukiah 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.
Mendocino, 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 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 Mendocino County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,399 contributions totaling $851,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,218 contributions totaling $174,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)