Humboldt County in California is a location known for its political diversity. It is home to a wide range of political perspectives and ideologies, with Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Greens, and Independents all vying for local political office. The county's population of 134,633 people have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote in local elections for city councils, school boards, county commissionerships, and other elected positions that shape the future of this diverse county. Every two years there are numerous candidates running for office who represent various views on how best to manage the county’s resources and serve its citizens. These candidates engage in debates and discussions about important topics such as budgeting, environmental protection, economic development, public safety and infrastructure improvements. By voting for these elected officials local residents can help make sure their values are represented in their government.
The political climate in Humboldt County, CA is very liberal.
In Humboldt County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 31.4%.
Humboldt county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Humboldt County, CA is very liberal.
Eureka-Arcata 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.
Humboldt, 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 Humboldt County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,881 contributions totaling $982,037 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,354 contributions totaling $184,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)