Manton, California is located in Tehama County and has a population of approximately 1,000 people. Politically, the city is represented by Assemblymember James Gallagher as its representative to the California State Assembly. The city also elects five members to serve on its City Council who are responsible for legislation and policy-making. Manton operates with a Mayor-Council form of government with the mayor being elected at large while councilmembers are elected from each of the four wards within the city. The local government works closely with county officials in Tehama to ensure that their residents' needs are met and public services are provided for them. Additionally, Manton also participates in several different boards and commissions including a planning commission, water district board, cemetery district board, fire district board, park district board, library board and school district board. These boards work together to address issues that face Manton and help provide better services to residents.
The political climate in Zip 96059 (Manton, CA) is strongly conservative.
Tehama County, CA is very conservative. In Tehama County, CA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tehama county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 31.0%.
Tehama county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96059 (Manton, CA) is strongly conservative.
Manton, California is strongly conservative.
Tehama County, California is very conservative.
Red Bluff 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.
Manton, 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 96059 (Manton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $4,149 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $446 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)