The small city of 95536 Ferndale, CA is home to a community of about 1,400 people. Located in the heart of Northern California’s Humboldt County, Ferndale has a rich history and culture, as well as an active political scene represented by elected officials at the local level. Recent issues that have been addressed by city councilmembers include public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. The views of local citizens are regularly taken into account when creating legislation; constituents can reach out to their representatives via email or phone to let them know their thoughts on upcoming or current initiatives. In addition to voting for members of the City Council, residents can also register to vote in local elections and participate in other civic activities such as community forums and town hall meetings.
The political climate in Zip 95536 (Ferndale, 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 95536 (Ferndale, CA) is moderately liberal.
Ferndale, 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.
Ferndale, 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 95536 (Ferndale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $18,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $7,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)