The small town of Susanville, CA 96130 is part of Lassen County and is governed by five members of the Board of Supervisors. Each member represents a different district within the county and is elected by constituents living within that particular district. The Board of Supervisors meets monthly to discuss matters that involve the community such as public health, law enforcement, social services, infrastructure and budgeting. Additionally, there are other elected officials in Susanville such as a mayor, town council members and sheriffs. All serve their respective roles to ensure that residents have access to basic needs and services such as water, electricity and emergency services. As with most local politics in California, citizens are encouraged to stay informed on issues affecting the community so they can make educated decisions when it comes time to vote for their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 96130 (Susanville, CA) is strongly conservative.
Lassen County, CA is very conservative. In Lassen County, CA 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, Lassen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.2%.
Lassen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96130 (Susanville, CA) is strongly conservative.
Susanville, California is strongly conservative.
Lassen County, California is very conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 96130 (Susanville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 202 contributions totaling $18,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $16,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)