Editing Shasta County, California (section)

==Government ==
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Shasta County is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature]], Shasta County is in {{Representative|casd|1|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web
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 }}</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>

Shasta at one time favored the Democratic Party in [[President of the United States|Presidential elections]] elections. The economy was shaped by the construction of Shasta Dam and some 60 percent of its registered voters were pro-labor Democrats.{{r|NYT 2022-09-16}} It went Democratic in all but one presidential election from 1932 to 1976, and was one of the few counties in the state to be won by [[George McGovern]]. Since 1980, it has become one of the most Republican counties in the state in Presidential and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anguiano |first=Dani |date=July 23, 2022 |title=Inside the remote California county where the far right took over: 'Civility went out the window' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/23/california-shasta-county-far-right-extremists-politics-pandemic |access-date=July 23, 2022 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The last Democrat to carry the county in a presidential race was [[Jimmy Carter]] in [[1976 United States presidential election in California|1976]].

A 2022 successful recall unseated supervisor, Leonard Moty, Redding's ex-police chief who describes himself as a fiscal conservative and social moderate, after enough signatures were collected to have the election.<ref>
{{cite news |last=Chabria |first=Anita |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Column: Extremists are set to take over this California county. Will more of the state be next? |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-04/extremists-take-over-shasta-county-northern-california-next |access-date=February 6, 2022}}
</ref> The county's Board of Supervisors shifted to a conservative supermajority in subsequent elections.{{r|NPR 2023-03-10}} The board issued a declaration opposing [[COVID-19 vaccination mandates in the United States|state vaccine mandates]] and fired the health officer after the change in the makeup of the all Republican board.<ref name="NYT 2022-09-16">{{Cite news |last=Hubler |first=Shawn |date=September 16, 2022 |title=The California County Where MAGA Took Control |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/us/california-shasta-maga-trump.html |access-date=September 16, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Board cancelled its contract with [[Dominion Voting Systems]] in 2023 to pursue other options including the possibility of counting votes by hand.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garrison |first=Jessica |date=March 2, 2023 |title=With unfounded fraud claims swirling, red California county dumps Dominion voting machines |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-01/shasta-cuts-tied-with-dominion-amid-unfounded-voting-fraud-claims |access-date=March 6, 2023 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="NPR 2023-03-10">{{Cite news |last=Battaglia |first=Roman |date=March 10, 2023 |title=A California county has dumped Dominion, leaving its election operations up in the air |work=NPR News |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/1162352172/shasta-county-dominion-voting-lindell-hand-count}}</ref> The county's contract with Dominion was not up for renewal until 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=April 14, 2023 |title=Dominion says election disinformation spread by Fox News will cost it $1.6 billion — but can it prove that? |url=https://www.cpr.org/2023/04/14/dominion-fox-news-defamation-lawsuit/ |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=Colorado Public Radio |language=en}}</ref> County supervisor Kevin Crye met privately with [[Mike Lindell]] in Minnesota before the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mangas |first1=Mike |last2=Robinson |first2=Adam |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Northern California supervisor returns home after meeting with Mike Lindell |url=https://krcrtv.com/news/local/northern-california-supervisor-returns-home-after-meeting-with-mike-lindell |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=KRCR |language=en}}</ref> According to Lindell, they discussed how to run elections without voting machines.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Stuart A. |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Attacks on Dominion Voting Persist Despite High-Profile Lawsuits |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/technology/dominion-voting-mike-lindell-trump.html |access-date=April 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> State and federal law require that voters with disabilities have access to an electronic voting system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ting |first=Eric |date=March 29, 2023 |title=Shasta County's quest to replace Dominion turns 'very dark' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/shasta-county-dominion-replacement-hand-count-17865649.php |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref> The county selected [[Hart InterCivic]] as the new provider of voting equipment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Battaglia |first=Roman |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Shasta finally picks voting system, rescinds CEO job offer |url=https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2023-04-06/shasta-finally-picks-voting-system-rescinds-ceo-job-offer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407105221/https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2023-04-06/shasta-finally-picks-voting-system-rescinds-ceo-job-offer |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Jefferson Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>

=== Voter registration statistics ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 177,231
|-
! 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>
| 98,013
| 55.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 25,957
| 26.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 45,815
| 46.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic&ndash;Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-19,858'''</span>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-20.2%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 3,620
| 3.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 453
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 786
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 268
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 344
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 20,768
| 21.2%
|}

==== 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"/>
|-
| [[Anderson, California|Anderson]] || 9,927 || 45.1% || 30.7% || 38.8% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-8.1%'''</span> || 11.4% || 24.0%
|-
| [[Redding, California|Redding]] || 89,674 || 53.4% || 26.5% || 46.7% || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-20.2%'''</span> || 8.6% || 21.5%
|-
| [[Shasta Lake, California|Shasta Lake]] || 10,121 || 51.0% || 29.5% || 39.1% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-9.6%'''</span> || 10.9% || 24.7%
|}

{{PresHead|place=Shasta County, California|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=Uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>|source2=<ref group=note>This total comprised 1,636 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was official Republican nominee in California), 938 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]] and 54 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] nominee [[Eugene W. Chafin]].</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|59,539|27,130|2,250|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|60,789|30,000|2,141|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|51,778|22,301|6,945|California}}  
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|48,067|25,819|2,615|California}}  
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|49,588|28,867|1,935|California}}  
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|52,249|24,339|1,143|California}}  
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|43,278|20,127|3,139|California}}  
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|34,736|20,848|7,377|California}}  
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|28,190|21,605|18,564|California}}  
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|32,402|21,171|1,012|California}}  
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|33,041|19,298|788|California}}  
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|27,547|15,364|4,507|California}}  
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|17,273|19,200|1,381|California}}  
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|16,618|17,214|1,771|California}}  
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|11,821|14,510|2,899|California}}  
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|9,178|19,142|30|California}}  
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|9,462|14,691|148|California}}  
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|8,833|11,239|77|California}}  
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|10,073|7,656|122|California}}  
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|5,010|7,177|436|California}}  
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,023|5,798|22|California}}  
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,909|8,662|162|California}}  
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,159|5,236|115|California}}  
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,382|4,170|230|California}}  
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,301|2,025|82|California}}  
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,951|598|2,102|California}}  
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,108|1,028|260|California}}  
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,008|2,828|562|California}}  
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|16|2,040|2,628|California}}  
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,891|1,389|692|California}}  
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,891|935|606|California}}  
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,681|1,948|132|California}}  
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,210|1,936|76|California}}  
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,234|1,137|514|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|1,490|1,394|55|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|1,173|1,042|61|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|868|877|10|California}}