PoliticsFDR made Shasta a Democratic bastion. Now it is Trump country in California — is it lost for good?
Franklin D. Roosevelt won just over 72% of the vote in Shasta County in 1932. Nearly a century later, the county is California’s de facto MAGA capital, with roughly two-thirds of voters backing Donald Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The report traces the community’s political shift to the right.
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FDR made Shasta a Democratic bastion. Now it is Trump country in California — is it lost for good?
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