Cobb, CA is a small town located in the coastal region of California. Despite its size, Cobb has a long and storied history in politics. The Town Council, composed of five members elected by the residents, serves as the governing body for the town. The current mayor is Gary Johnson, who was first elected in 2019. In addition to governing local affairs such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance, the council also works to promote economic development and improve quality of life for its citizens. Additionally, Cobb is home to several influential political organizations that work to protect the interests of local residents. These include environmental groups that advocate for clean air and water through responsible stewardship of resources, and civic organizations that strive to create a sense of community pride. With all these efforts taken into account, it's clear that Cobb is dedicated to promoting strong leadership and responsible governance.
The political climate in Cobb, CA is leaning conservative.
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
Cobb, CA is leaning conservative.
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.
Cobb, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Cobb, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,302 contributions totaling $35,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $4,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)