Sonora, CA is a small town located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California. It has a population of approximately 5,000 people and is known for its historic downtown area. Politically, Sonora leans towards the Republican Party with an overwhelming majority of voters supporting conservative candidates in local and state elections. The city's mayor is currently a Republican who was elected in 2019. Sonora City Council consists of five members that represent the diverse interests of the city. Two members are Republicans while three are Democrats who work together to ensure the needs of local citizens are met through policies that promote economic growth and quality public services. Additionally, various civic organizations exist to help keep residents informed on political issues and to ensure their voice is heard by those in power.
The political climate in Sonora, CA is leaning conservative.
Tuolumne County, CA is moderately conservative. In Tuolumne County, CA 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuolumne county remained very strongly Republican, 58.2% to 39.4%.
Tuolumne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sonora, CA is leaning conservative.
Tuolumne County, California is moderately conservative.
Sonora Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Sonora, California: R R R R R R
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 Sonora, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,391 contributions totaling $262,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,231 contributions totaling $193,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)