The politics in 95422 Clearlake, California are largely centered on local issues. The city is led by an elected mayor and a five-member city council, which governs the day to day operations of the city. Local political issues often revolve around budgeting for essential services such as police and fire protection, public works, and other municipal services. Additionally, the area has seen a great deal of growth in recent years, which has led to some debates about zoning regulations and infrastructure development. Outside of these local concerns, there is also a strong focus on state and national issues with residents actively engaging in elections at all levels. In 2020, voters from 95422 Clearlake participated heavily in the presidential election as well as several state races.
The political climate in Zip 95422 (Clearlake, CA) is leaning liberal.
Lake County, CA is leaning liberal. In Lake County, CA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained moderately Democratic, 51.5% to 45.3%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95422 (Clearlake, CA) is leaning liberal.
Clearlake, California is leaning liberal.
Lake County, California is leaning liberal.
Clearlake 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.
Clearlake, 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 95422 (Clearlake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 398 contributions totaling $16,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $8,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)