The politics of the Crescent City, CA Metro Area are heavily influenced by both state and local government. The California State Legislature is responsible for creating laws that govern the entire state, with individual counties having their own local governments. The city of Crescent City has its own mayor and city council, who work to ensure that all citizens of the city have access to basic services and amenities. The county government also plays an important role in providing resources to the residents of Crescent City and surrounding areas. In addition to elected officials, there are numerous political clubs and organizations operating in the area which provide education, advocacy, and support for various causes.
The political climate in Crescent City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Crescent City Metro Area 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Crescent City metro area remained very strongly Republican, 56.4% to 40.8%.
The Crescent City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crescent City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Crescent City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Crescent City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,037 contributions totaling $70,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 537 contributions totaling $85,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)