The city of Chico, CA, located in 95926, is governed by a mayor-council government. The current mayor of Chico is Randall Stone, who was elected in 2016 and is now serving his second term. The City Council consists of seven members who are selected from the local community and serve four year terms. Each year the City Council adopts an annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year that outlines the amount and allocation of funds to various projects within the city. Additionally, each councilmember has their own department which they oversee and all departments collaborate to create policies that shape the future of Chico. The citizens of Chico take an active role in their local government by voting at elections as well as attending council meetings to voice their opinions on key issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 95926 (Chico, CA) is leaning liberal.
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 95926 (Chico, CA) is leaning liberal.
Chico, California is leaning liberal.
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.
Chico, 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 95926 (Chico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,687 contributions totaling $352,481 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 399 contributions totaling $184,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $463 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)