Blocksburg, CA is a small city in Humboldt county with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The city is governed by the local mayor and city council which are elected every four years. The current mayor is Mayor Robert Smith who was elected in 2017. The city council consists of two members, one from each district in the city. Recently the city voted to increase taxes on property owners and businesses to help fund infrastructure projects in the town. This has been met with some controversy as some citizens believe that the increased taxes will hurt their financial situation while others believe it’s necessary for the betterment of the community. Additionally, there have been debates about how to best spend money on public services such as education and health care. Blocksburg is a politically diverse town with many different opinions on how to move forward with major issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 95514 (Blocksburg, CA) is somewhat 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 95514 (Blocksburg, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Blocksburg, California is somewhat 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.
Blocksburg, 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 95514 (Blocksburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $7 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)