Eureka, CA is a small city located in Humboldt County with a population of approximately 27,000 people. This city is represented by two representatives at the federal level and one representative at the state level. The federal representatives are Jared Huffman (D) and Mike Thompson (D). At the state level, Jim Wood (D) represents Eureka in the California State Assembly.
Eureka’s government takes an active role in managing various local issues including public safety, environmental protection, economic development, infrastructure improvements, parks and recreation facilities and social services. The City Council is composed of five members who meet twice monthly to discuss and vote on local initiatives. Additionally, the City Manager provides administrative management for all departments within the government.
Eureka actively encourages civic participation to ensure that their citizens’ needs are addressed through open dialogue and collaboration. The city regularly holds public meetings to discuss policy decisions and welcomes input from citizens on current issues facing their community. Through these meetings, citizens are able to engage in meaningful conversation with elected officials about local politics and how best to serve their interests.
The political climate in Zip 95503 (Eureka, CA) is moderately liberal.
Humboldt County, CA is very liberal. In Humboldt County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 31.4%.
Humboldt county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95503 (Eureka, CA) is moderately liberal.
Eureka, California is moderately liberal.
Humboldt County, California is very liberal.
Eureka-Arcata Metro Area is very 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.
Eureka, 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 95503 (Eureka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,308 contributions totaling $101,489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 314 contributions totaling $41,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)