The city of Chico, CA is located in Butte County and has a population of around 93,000 people. The city is represented in politics by the Mayor Randall Stone and four City Council members: Ann Schwab, Sean Morgan, Andrew Coolidge and Karl Ory. Chico has a vibrant political community with many opportunities for public involvement in local issues. The city hosts regular meetings for citizens to discuss their concerns regarding public safety, infrastructure investment and economic development. Citizens are also encouraged to participate in local elections as well as special initiatives held throughout the year. As such, residents of Chico have the opportunity to make their voices heard on important matters that affect the future of the city.
The political climate in Zip 95973 (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 95973 (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 95973 (Chico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,014 contributions totaling $141,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 466 contributions totaling $103,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)