Editing Modoc County, California (section)

==Politics==

Federally, Modoc County is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] Modoc is in {{Representative|casd|1|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> For much of the 20th century, Modoc County was a [[bellwether]] county for statewide elections in California, voting for the statewide winner in every election between 1912 and 1990 with the exception of [[Jerry Brown]]'s 2 statewide victories (the county's dislike of Brown is attributable to his environmental policies negatively affecting the county's logging industry).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stall |first1=Bill |title=As Modoc County Goes, So Goes California |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-19-mn-609-story.html |access-date=September 17, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 19, 1991}}</ref>

Recently, though, Modoc County has trended Republican, becoming one of the most conservative counties in the state. On November 4, 2008, Modoc County delivered the most lopsided vote in favor of [[John McCain]] of any county in California, with 67.4% of voters opting for the Republican. The county also voted 74.2% in favor of Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages; only [[Kern County|Kern]] and [[Tulare County|Tulare]] counties voted in higher proportion, both opting for the Proposition with 75.4% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-2008election-california-results,0,3304898.htmlstory | work=Los Angeles Times | title=California results}}</ref> In the [[2021 California gubernatorial recall election]], Modoc and neighboring [[Lassen County, California|Lassen County]] voted the most strongly in favor of recalling Newsom of any counties in the state. On September 24, 2013, the Modoc County Board of Supervisors voted 4–0 in favor of [[secession]] from California to form a proposed state named [[Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)|Jefferson]].<ref>{{cite web|last = Butler | first = Kristen |title=Another county votes to secede from California|url=http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/09/26/Another-county-votes-to-secede-from-California/9731380216823/|publisher=UPI|access-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref>

===Voter registration===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 9,587
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 5,273
| 55.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,364
| 25.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2,634
| 50.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic&ndash;Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-1,270'''</span>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-24.1%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 262
| 5.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 21
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 45
| 0.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 6
| 0.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 0
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 10
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 931
| 17.7%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D&ndash;R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Alturas, California|Alturas]] || 2,813 || 54.7% || 31.0% || 42.4% || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-11.4%'''</span> || 12.9% || 19.5%
|}

===Historical election results===

{{PresHead|place=Modoc County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,884|1,008|135|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,109|1,150|108|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,696|877|270|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,777|1,111|131|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,981|1,313|126|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,235|1,149|83|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,969|945|193|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,285|1,368|650|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,803|1,489|1,333|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,518|1,416|83|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,995|1,219|96|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,579|1,046|375|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,917|1,733|94|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,085|1,271|209|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,713|1,264|290|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,386|1,972|0|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,839|1,691|20|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,981|1,729|13|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,634|1,633|26|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,480|1,607|93|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,288|1,540|9|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,371|2,232|27|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|968|1,828|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|655|1,643|88|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|942|711|7|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|731|374|567|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|992|535|58|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|768|1,222|108|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1|941|772|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|620|574|48|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|559|444|34|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|446|532|18|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|300|588|21|California}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|406|596|143|California}}