Vacaville is located in Solano County, California. The city has a population of over 100,000 people and is part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is governed by a mayor and city council. The city is represented in the California State Legislature by Assemblyman James Frazier and in the United States House of Representatives by Mike Thompson.
Politics in Vacaville are largely influenced by the San Francisco Bay Area. The city leans Democratic, with 62% of residents identifying as Democrats. However, there is a significant Republican presence in the city as well, with 34% of residents identifying as Republicans. The remaining 4% are either independent or members of other political parties.
In recent years, the issue of housing affordability has been a major political issue in Vacaville. The high cost of housing in the Bay Area has caused many people to move to more affordable areas like Vacaville. This has put pressure on the city's housing market and caused rents to increase significantly. Many residents have called on the city government to take action to make housing more affordable for all residents.
The political climate in Vacaville, 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
Vacaville, 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.
Vacaville, 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 Vacaville, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,876 contributions totaling $1,414,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,655 contributions totaling $880,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)