Sacramento County, located in the state of California, has a long history of being politically active. The county is home to the state Capitol, and it holds some of the most influential decision makers in the state. With a population of over 1.5 million people, Sacramento County has a variety of political issues that affect its communities. These issues include education, housing and homelessness, transportation and infrastructure, public safety, healthcare access, environmental concerns, and economic growth. Political candidates for local office have focused on these issues as they strive to represent their constituents’ needs in Sacramento County. Several key races for local offices will take place this year as candidates vie for seats in Congress with big implications for the future of Sacramento County. Voters will be faced with difficult decisions when choosing their representatives this election cycle.
The political climate in Sacramento County, CA is strongly liberal.
In Sacramento County, CA 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sacramento county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 36.1%.
Sacramento county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sacramento County, CA is strongly liberal.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sacramento, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Sacramento County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119,101 contributions totaling $13,464,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,105 contributions totaling $6,852,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)