Forest Ranch, CA is a small town located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With a population of just over 200 people, it is a relatively quiet and secluded place to live. Although it does not have local political candidates running for office, its residents are still involved in politics at the state and national levels. They participate in activities such as voting for their representatives in Congress and participating in rallies and protests to make their voices heard on issues such as immigration reform, climate change, healthcare reform, and gun control. The residents of Forest Ranch are passionate about their beliefs and seek to ensure that their voices are heard by those who will be making decisions that impact them and their community.
The political climate in Zip 95942 (Forest Ranch, 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 95942 (Forest Ranch, CA) is leaning conservative.
Forest Ranch, 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.
Forest Ranch, 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 95942 (Forest Ranch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $7,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)