The small city of Durham, California (zip code 95938) is located in Butte County and has a population of about 8,000 people. The town is governed by its own city council which consists of five elected members and the mayor. The current mayor is Dan Conry who was elected in 2018 and the council members are Marge Stinson, Tom Bannister, Joe Mello, Steve Mason, and Stacy Ediger-Miller. All political decisions made for the town are voted on by these officials to ensure that all citizens have their voices heard. Durham is also part of the Butte County Board of Supervisors which works with county-level issues such as public safety, health services, and infrastructure development. In addition to local government bodies, Durham residents may also choose to participate in statewide politics by voting in state-wide elections for both representatives and senators in order to help shape policy decisions beyond their city limits.
The political climate in Zip 95938 (Durham, CA) is leaning conservative.
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 95938 (Durham, CA) is leaning conservative.
Durham, California is leaning conservative.
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.
Durham, 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 95938 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $67,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 333 contributions totaling $92,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)