The Susanville, CA metro area is governed by a local government that consists of the Lassen County Board of Supervisors and the Susanville City Council. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for enacting laws, regulations, and policies that affect the entire county. This includes setting budgets, providing services to citizens such as law enforcement and fire protection, and managing public land use. The Susanville City Council is responsible for making decisions about city issues such as infrastructure, zoning, and community development. Both boards have representatives elected from the local population who are expected to represent their constituents’ interests in their respective areas of expertise. Additionally, people in the area can contact their representatives with any questions or concerns they may have regarding city matters or county business. All in all, politics in the Susanville metro area are managed by a strong local government that seeks to serve its citizens' best interests.
The political climate in Susanville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Susanville Metro Area 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Susanville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.2%.
The Susanville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Susanville 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.
Susanville, 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 Susanville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $47,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 413 contributions totaling $42,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)