Windsor is a moderately sized city located in California’s Sonoma County. With an estimated population of over 27,000 people, the city is known for its vineyards and wine production as well as its vibrant downtown district. The politics in Windsor are dominated by the local Democratic Party candidates who have been elected to office in recent years due to the city's liberal leanings. Some of the current politicians representing Windsor include Mayor Sam Salmon, Vice-Mayor John Craig, and City Councilmembers Chris Boswell, Don Taylor, Bobbi Belton, and Tom Jetton. All the local candidates are committed to preserving Windsor's unique character while investing in new opportunities for economic growth. They also prioritize investing in public health and safety initiatives as well as environmental sustainability efforts.
The political climate in Windsor, 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
Windsor, 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.
Windsor, 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 Windsor, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,303 contributions totaling $5,489,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,585 contributions totaling $1,100,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)