Benicia, California is a small city located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a picturesque town with a population of around 26,000 people. It has a long and unique history that dates back to the 1840s when it was founded by Thomas O. Larkin. Benicia is governed by a five member City Council that is elected every four years. The City Council works together to set policy, pass ordinances, and make decisions on issues facing the city. Benicia also has several local political organizations that work to advocate for issues important to the community such as environmental protection, public safety, economic development, and more. Through their hard work and dedication these groups are helping ensure that Benicia remains an amazing place to live and visit.
The political climate in Benicia, CA is somewhat liberal.
Solano County, CA is strongly liberal. In Solano County, CA 63.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Solano county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.6% to 33.5%.
Solano county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benicia, CA is somewhat liberal.
Solano County, California is strongly liberal.
Vallejo Metro Area is strongly 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.
Benicia, 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 Benicia, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,222 contributions totaling $431,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 809 contributions totaling $69,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)