Oroville East, CA is a small city located in Butte County. It has a population of just over 4,500 people and is mainly known for its historic downtown area and beautiful surroundings. Although the city isn’t big enough to have many local political candidates, it still plays an important role in California politics. The state assemblymember for Oroville East is James Gallagher who represents the 3rd Assembly District. Gallagher works to help create legislation that benefits the citizens of Oroville East while maintaining fiscal responsibility for the entire state. He also works side by side with other legislators to ensure that the interests of Oroville East are heard at the state level. Additionally, Oroville East is part of Butte County's 5th Supervisorial District, which is represented by Supervisor Doug Teeter who serves on various committees and boards related to education, public safety, healthcare and economic development. As a result, residents of Oroville East can be sure their voices are being heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 95966 (Oroville East, CA) is leaning liberal.
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 95966 (Oroville East, CA) is leaning liberal.
Oroville East, California is leaning liberal.
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.
Oroville East, 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 95966 (Oroville East)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 661 contributions totaling $43,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 771 contributions totaling $61,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)