Dunsmuir, California is a small town located in Siskiyou County with an estimated population of 1,650 people. The local political landscape is governed by Mayor Steve Elkins and the four-member City Council consisting of Fred Linder, Don Merz, Debra Newell, and Marianne Eddleman. They work together to ensure that Dunsmuir remains a safe and attractive place to live. Issues such as public safety, economic development, housing availability and other matters are discussed regularly at city council meetings to keep Dunsmuir running smoothly. Local elections are held every two years and residents can participate in the democratic process by voting for their favorite candidates during this time. By doing so they help shape the future of the town they call home.
The political climate in Zip 96025 (Dunsmuir, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Siskiyou County, CA is somewhat conservative. In Siskiyou County, CA 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Siskiyou county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 40.9%.
Siskiyou county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96025 (Dunsmuir, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Dunsmuir, California is somewhat conservative.
Siskiyou County, California is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Dunsmuir, 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 96025 (Dunsmuir)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $22,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)