The small town of 95556 Orleans, CA has a population of just over 1,000 people. Politically, the town leans heavily towards the Democratic Party. As such, most of the local political candidates running are Democrats. In recent years, the races have been very competitive with passionate and dedicated advocates for each major party vying for votes from the citizens of Orleans. Along with advocating for their respective party beliefs, candidates also focus on issues that directly affect the people living in and around Orleans like increasing access to affordable healthcare, developing more resources for youth education programs, and protecting natural resources in the area. As a result of these competitive elections, Orleans has become an example of how local politics can have a strong impact on improving quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 95556 (Orleans, 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 95556 (Orleans, CA) is moderately liberal.
Orleans, 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.
Orleans, 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 95556 (Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)