Cottonwood, CA is a small town in rural Northern California with a population of approximately 5,500. The town is served by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and is represented at the state level by Assembly Member Brian Dahle. Politics in Cottonwood are focused on local issues such as improving city infrastructure, providing better recreational opportunities to its citizens, and increasing economic development. In recent years, citizen engagement has grown significantly with more residents participating in local elections and getting involved in town government. Local political candidates have put forward initiatives to push Cottonwood forward while maintaining its small-town charm. As the region grows and changes, community members look to their elected officials to keep up with the pace of progress.
The political climate in Zip 96022 (Cottonwood, CA) is strongly conservative.
Shasta County, CA is very conservative. In Shasta County, CA 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shasta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.3%.
Shasta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96022 (Cottonwood, CA) is strongly conservative.
Cottonwood, California is strongly conservative.
Shasta County, California is very conservative.
Redding 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.
Cottonwood, 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 zip 96022 (Cottonwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 391 contributions totaling $25,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 359 contributions totaling $41,919 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)