Santa Rosa, CA is located in Sonoma County and has a population of approximately 175,000 people. It is the fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and serves as the county seat. Santa Rosa is home to a vibrant political scene which includes several city council members and other local elected officials who work to ensure that the needs of the community are addressed. Residents have access to many different political forums from regular town hall meetings to recreational activities such as festivals or parades. The local government also works diligently to promote civic engagement, encouraging citizens to participate in the political process and create change within their own neighborhoods. With its strong sense of community, Santa Rosa is a great place for anyone looking to engage with politics on a local level.
The political climate in Santa Rosa, CA is moderately liberal.
Sonoma County, CA is very liberal. In Sonoma County, CA 74.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sonoma county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.5% to 23.0%.
Sonoma county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santa Rosa, CA is moderately liberal.
Sonoma County, California is very liberal.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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.
Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68,309 contributions totaling $6,404,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,810 contributions totaling $773,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)