The city of Rio Vista, CA is located in Solano County and has a population of 7,360 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council system and all elected officials serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Rio Vista is Patrick Skelly, who was most recently reelected in 2018. The city council consists of five members who are elected to serve staggered terms. The current councilmembers are Jennifer Smith, John Gomes, Joe Rodoni, Donna Westwood and Jody Gray. Rio Vista is a friendly community that values its local politics and takes pride in the representation of its citizens. It works hard to maintain its sense of community while embracing progress as the city continues to grow and prosper.
The political climate in Rio Vista, 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
Rio Vista, 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.
Rio Vista, 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 Rio Vista, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,124 contributions totaling $204,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $16,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)