Hat Creek, CA is a rural town in the Northern California area. It has a rich political history and is home to many political activists. Over the years, the town has seen many different candidates vying for local positions, including representatives from both major political parties. Local elections are traditionally quite competitive with candidates running on issues such as environmental protection, school funding, and economic development for the entire region. There are also many dedicated members of the community who volunteer their time to help candidates during election season. The people of Hat Creek take great pride in their local politics and are constantly looking to ensure that their voices are heard in local government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 96040 (Hat Creek, CA) is strongly conservative.
Shasta County, CA is very conservative. In Shasta County, CA 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shasta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.3%.
Shasta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96040 (Hat Creek, CA) is strongly conservative.
Hat Creek, California is strongly conservative.
Shasta County, California is very conservative.
Redding Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Hat Creek, 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 96040 (Hat Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)