The small town of Scotia, CA (zip code 95565) is located in Humboldt County, and has a population of just over 600 people. The city is represented in local politics by its mayor, several city council and board members, and various other appointed positions. These elected officials are responsible for creating the local laws that govern the citizens of Scotia. Additionally, they are responsible for allocating funds for services such as police protection, fire safety, public health services, infrastructure improvements, and more. They also hold responsibility for setting up public events and activities that keep the community engaged and connected. The political atmosphere in Scotia is one of collaboration between citizens and their representatives on how best to serve the town鈥檚 needs.
The political climate in Zip 95565 (Scotia, 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 95565 (Scotia, CA) is moderately liberal.
Scotia, 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.
Scotia, 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 95565 (Scotia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $4,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $613 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)