Orangevale, California is a small suburb of Sacramento located in Sacramento County. It is home to a diverse population which primarily consists of families and retirees. Although the city has no formal political representation in the county or state government, there are many community organizations that take an active role in advocating for local residents' needs. These organizations work with government officials to achieve their goals and provide support for local citizens on issues ranging from public safety to education. Additionally, they also serve as a bridge between the local community and policy makers, ensuring that Orangevale's unique issues are addressed in a timely manner. The city also holds regular public meetings where residents can voice their opinion on various issues such as crime prevention, zoning changes, public infrastructure projects, and more. Through these meetings, citizens have an opportunity to share their views with elected officials and ensure their voices are heard in the political process.
The political climate in Orangevale, CA is somewhat liberal.
Sacramento County, CA is strongly liberal. In Sacramento County, CA 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sacramento county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 36.1%.
Sacramento county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orangevale, CA is somewhat liberal.
Sacramento County, California is strongly liberal.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area is moderately 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.
Orangevale, 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 Orangevale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,434 contributions totaling $864,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,716 contributions totaling $375,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)