The city of 95460 Mendocino, CA is a small community located in Northern California. With a population of just over 900 people, it is the smallest incorporated town in Mendocino County. Despite its small size, 95460 Mendocino has an active and vibrant political scene and is keenly involved in local and county-wide politics. In addition to electing local representatives to the County Board of Supervisors, residents can participate in elections for state Assembly, State Senate, and Congress. The city also has a strong history of advocacy around environmental protection, preserving open space, and other progressive issues. Residents are actively engaged in the political process through various organizations such as the Mendocino Town Council and Friends of the Coastline. These groups work together to ensure that their voices are heard in local government decisions and policies that impact their lives on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 95460 (Mendocino, CA) is moderately liberal.
Mendocino County, CA is very liberal. In Mendocino County, CA 66.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mendocino county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.4% to 30.6%.
Mendocino county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95460 (Mendocino, CA) is moderately liberal.
Mendocino, California is moderately liberal.
Mendocino County, California is very liberal.
Ukiah 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.
Mendocino, 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 zip 95460 (Mendocino)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,659 contributions totaling $75,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $11,299 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)