Fairfield, CA is a vibrant and diverse city with a population of approximately 114,521 people located in Solano County. Politics in Fairfield are largely influenced by the local government which consists of five City Council Members, a Mayor, and a City Manager who are all elected by popular vote. The City Council is responsible for setting policies and regulations to govern the local area and work closely with community members to ensure their needs are met. Part of the political landscape in Fairfield includes initiatives such as increasing access to affordable housing, reducing traffic congestion, and improving public safety. Local political candidates have focused on these issues during their campaigns, pushing for solutions that will benefit all residents of Fairfield. This city takes pride in its citizens having a say in determining their own future through democratic processes such as voting for their elected officials.
The political climate in Fairfield, 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
Fairfield, 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.
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,905 contributions totaling $799,861 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,032 contributions totaling $520,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)