Happy Camp, California is a small rural community nestled among the hills and forests of Siskiyou county. Located in the Klamath River valley, the town is home to about 1,000 residents who take pride in their tight-knit community. Politically, Happy Camp is considered to be a conservative-leaning area with some residents voting for Republican candidates during elections. The local government is relatively small and focuses on issues such as infrastructure needs, public safety, economic development, and social services. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss these topics and make decisions that will benefit Happy Camp’s citizens. Although there are not any local political candidates since it is a very small town, residents can still take part in regional or national elections by joining their local parties and staying informed about current issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 96039 (Happy Camp, 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 96039 (Happy Camp, CA) is somewhat conservative.
Happy Camp, 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.
Happy Camp, 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 96039 (Happy Camp)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $5,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)