The small city of Corning, California is located in the northern part of the state in Tehama County. This rural community has a population of approximately 7,000 people and is known for its agricultural industry. While Corning does not have any local political candidates or an elected mayor, it is still very much involved in politics at both the state and federal levels. Residents take pride in their hometown and are passionate about staying informed on current issues that may affect them directly. There are also many active civic groups within the city that focus on providing resources to help educate and mobilize local citizens on key political topics. The political landscape in Corning is sure to remain active as residents continue to stay involved and up-to-date with what is happening politically both inside their own borders and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 96021 (Corning, CA) is strongly conservative.
Tehama County, CA is very conservative. In Tehama County, CA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tehama county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 31.0%.
Tehama county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96021 (Corning, CA) is strongly conservative.
Corning, California is strongly conservative.
Tehama County, California is very conservative.
Red Bluff Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Corning, California: R R R R R R
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 96021 (Corning)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 265 contributions totaling $25,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $9,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)