The city of Elk Grove, CA (95624) is governed by a mayor-council system of government, with the mayor representing the executive branch and the council representing the legislative branch. The current mayor is Steve Ly, and there are seven members on the city council. All of these elected officials work to ensure that local policies reflect the needs and wants of their constituents in Elk Grove. They use public forums to listen to input from citizens on a variety of issues that impact their lives, such as economic development, public safety, and community engagement. The elected officials strive to create an environment that is safe for residents to live in and raise families while also providing resources for businesses to thrive in Elk Grove’s economy. Through effective communication between elected officials and citizens, Elk Grove remains a great place for its citizens to live with a thriving economy and excellent quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 95624 (Elk Grove, CA) is moderately liberal.
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
Zip 95624 (Elk Grove, CA) is moderately liberal.
Elk Grove, California is moderately liberal.
Sacramento County, California 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.
Elk Grove, 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 zip 95624 (Elk Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,634 contributions totaling $156,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 928 contributions totaling $131,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)