Located in Butte County, California, the small town of Bangor has a population of around 3,000 people. Politically, the town is largely conservative and votes primarily Republican in elections. The current mayor of Bangor is Rodney L. Jackson Jr., who was elected to his third 4-year term this past November. He is joined on the City Council by three other members: Aaron McMurtry, Brian Bunnett and David Ellington. Together they are responsible for making important decisions about the town’s finances and future growth. In the past few years Bangor has seen an increase in economic activity due to a surge in new businesses, which shows that city officials have been taking an active role in promoting development through initiatives such as tax incentives and low-interest loans for small business owners.
The political climate in Zip 95914 (Bangor, CA) is leaning conservative.
Butte County, CA is leaning liberal. In Butte County, CA 49.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.5% to 47.6%.
Butte county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95914 (Bangor, CA) is leaning conservative.
Bangor, California is leaning conservative.
Butte County, California is leaning liberal.
Chico Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bangor, California: R r d r r 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 95914 (Bangor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,053 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)