Vallejo, CA is a vibrant city located in Solano County with a diverse population of approximately 125,000 people. Located near San Francisco and the Napa Valley Wine Country, Vallejo provides its citizens with ample recreational opportunities as well as access to excellent public services. In terms of politics, Vallejo is represented by the Vallejo City Council which consists of seven members elected at-large to represent the entire city. Currently, Robert McConnell serves as Mayor with Katy Miessner and Pippin Dew-Costa serving as Vice Mayor and City Manager respectively. The council works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to resources and that their voices are heard on important issues such as budgeting, infrastructure improvements, and community development initiatives. Additionally, the city has several local political candidates vying for office during elections such as state representative, mayor, and supervisor positions. These candidates offer a range of perspectives on how they would address the needs of the city while also promoting policies that would benefit Vallejo's citizens.
The political climate in Vallejo, CA is moderately 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
Vallejo, CA is moderately 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.
Vallejo, 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 Vallejo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,586 contributions totaling $747,956 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,719 contributions totaling $304,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)