Tehama County, located in Northern California, is a small rural county with a population of approximately 63,000 people. The county has one Board of Supervisors that governs all political matters within the county. The Board is composed of five members who are elected at large within the county and serve four-year terms. The Board holds monthly meetings to discuss and act on resolutions related to local government operations, including taxation, land use regulations, public health policies, and other matters of public policy in the county. Additionally, Tehama County residents can get involved in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates during elections held every two years. Local citizens also have opportunities to engage with their representatives through town hall meetings and other outreach efforts. By staying informed about local issues and engaging with their representatives, Tehama County residents can make sure their voices are heard in the decision-making process when it comes to how their communities are run.
The political climate in Tehama County, CA is very conservative.
In Tehama County, CA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tehama county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 31.0%.
Tehama county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tehama County, CA is very conservative.
Red Bluff 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.
Tehama, 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 Tehama County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,302 contributions totaling $77,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 614 contributions totaling $111,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)