Yuba City, California is located in Sutter County and is home to around 70,000 people. The city is governed by a five person council that includes the mayor, vice mayor, and three council members. All of these positions are filled through elections held every two years. As a member of the Sutter County Board of Supervisors, Yuba City's representative has an important role in making sure that the needs of the community are addressed on a county-wide level. Additionally, local politicians often attend Yuba City events such as the annual Sutter County Fair or parades to meet constituents and discuss issues that are important to them. Overall, Yuba City strives to be politically active for all its citizens and create an environment where people feel heard and represented.
The political climate in Yuba City, CA is leaning conservative.
Sutter County, CA is moderately conservative. In Sutter County, CA 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sutter county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.7%.
Sutter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yuba City, CA is leaning conservative.
Sutter County, California is moderately conservative.
Yuba City 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.
Yuba City, 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 Yuba City, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,358 contributions totaling $130,688 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,252 contributions totaling $295,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)