The city of Redding, CA 96003 is a vibrant and diverse community that has an active political scene. Located in Shasta County, the local government is led by Mayor Brent Weaver and City Council members Gary Cadd, Francie Sullivan, Julie Winter, Adam McElvain, Kristen Schreder, and Patrick Jones. This council is responsible for setting the vision and goals for the city as well as making decisions on a wide range of issues including public safety, housing affordability, infrastructure maintenance, economic development, and environmental sustainability. The community regularly comes together to discuss important issues at local town halls or participate in various civic projects throughout the year. Residents can also show their support for their elected officials on Election Day by voting in local races. All in all, politics in Redding 96003 are an ever-evolving part of the community's culture and identity.
The political climate in Zip 96003 (Redding, CA) is moderately 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 96003 (Redding, CA) is moderately conservative.
Redding, California is moderately 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.
Redding, 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 96003 (Redding)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,423 contributions totaling $82,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 609 contributions totaling $69,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)