Politics in 95558 Petrolia, CA mainly involve the local level of government. The governing body of Petrolia consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected for two-year terms. All residents of the city may vote in local elections and are encouraged to do so to help shape the future of the city. The current mayor is Mike Garth and council members are Joe Riley, Donna Tompkins, Scotty Wisser and Julie Reisendorf. They focus on initiatives that improve such things as public safety, economic development, quality of life, infrastructure, and environmental protection. They actively encourage civic engagement and have opened up avenues to allow citizens to express their opinions regarding proposed policy changes or development projects in the area.
The political climate in Zip 95558 (Petrolia, CA) is somewhat 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 95558 (Petrolia, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Petrolia, California is somewhat 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.
Petrolia, 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 95558 (Petrolia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $7,457 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)