Arcata, California (CA 95521) is located in Humboldt County and is a city known for its beautiful scenery and progressive politics. The city has a population of around 17,000 people and is home to Humboldt State University, which brings many college students to the area each year. Arcata's politics are predominantly liberal and progressive, with the most popular local issues including environmental protection, economic development, housing affordability, public safety and education reform. Local political candidates focus on these issues in their campaigns for office. Arcata also has a vibrant community of civic engagement with many volunteer opportunities available that help further the cause of progressive politics in the region.
The political climate in Zip 95521 (Arcata, CA) is strongly liberal.
Humboldt County, CA is very liberal. In Humboldt County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 31.4%.
Humboldt county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95521 (Arcata, CA) is strongly liberal.
Arcata, California is strongly liberal.
Humboldt County, California is very liberal.
Eureka-Arcata 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.
Arcata, 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 95521 (Arcata)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,266 contributions totaling $191,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $16,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)