Modoc County in California has a small but politically active population that is passionate about their community. The county’s politics are dominated by the Republican Party, and there are several local political candidates who have been elected to represent the area. Elections for positions in the county's Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, District Attorney, Assessor/Recorder, and other offices are held every two years. The voters of Modoc are engaged citizens who always participate in local elections and support their chosen candidates passionately. Political debates and forums are often held prior to each election so that residents can learn more about the different platforms of those running for office. This ensures that they make informed decisions at the polls.
The political climate in Modoc County, CA is very conservative.
In Modoc County, CA 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Modoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.3%.
Modoc county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Modoc County, CA is very conservative.
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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.
Modoc, 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 Modoc County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $23,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $11,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)