Pacheco, California is a small city located in Contra Costa County. Politics in Pacheco are largely focused on local issues, such as home ownership, economic development, and public safety. The city is governed by a five-member City Council elected at-large to four-year terms. They meet regularly to discuss the needs of the city and make decisions that affect its citizens. Important topics addressed by the City Council include zoning issues, public infrastructure improvements, and budgeting for municipal services. Additionally, mayoral elections are held every two years for the mayor of Pacheco who oversees the day-to-day activities of the city and serves as a representative to state and federal entities outside of Pacheco's boundaries. The City Council works with local advocacy groups such as neighborhood associations to listen to their concerns and ensure that their voices are heard in policy debates.
The political climate in Pacheco, CA is moderately liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pacheco, CA is moderately liberal.
Contra Costa County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley Metro Area is very 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.
Pacheco, 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 Pacheco, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,134 contributions totaling $771,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 857 contributions totaling $174,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)