Upper Lake, located in Lake County, California is a small rural community with an estimated population of just over 5000 people. The town has maintained its unique character through the years and continues to be a vibrant part of the county. Politically, Upper Lake leans more conservative than other parts of the state. The town is home to many different candidates from both major political parties and various independent groups who all strive to serve the community's best interests. Some of these candidates include local politicians such as Tom Larkin, who currently serves on the Board of Supervisors for Lake County, and local representatives such as Deanne Pruitt, who was recently elected to the state legislature. There are also numerous initiatives put forward by local grassroots organizations that aim to improve quality of life and amenities in Upper Lake.
The political climate in Zip 95485 (Upper Lake, CA) is leaning liberal.
Lake County, CA is leaning liberal. In Lake County, CA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained moderately Democratic, 51.5% to 45.3%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95485 (Upper Lake, CA) is leaning liberal.
Upper Lake, California is leaning liberal.
Lake County, California is leaning liberal.
Clearlake 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.
Upper Lake, 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 95485 (Upper Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $36,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $12,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,768 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)