Woodland, CA is a small city located in Yolo County and has a long political history. The City Council consists of five members who are elected at large by the citizens. The Mayor is appointed by the City Council from among its own members. Additionally, Woodland serves as the county seat for Yolo County and is represented by several state and federal legislators. At the state level, there is representation from the California Assembly, Senate, State Board of Equalization, and other boards. At the federal level, Woodland citizens are represented by Congressmen and Senators. All these representatives actively discuss issues related to Woodland's infrastructure, safety, education system, economic development, housing policies, environmental regulations and more. Through their work, they strive to ensure that Woodland remains a vibrant place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Woodland, CA is strongly liberal.
Yolo County, CA is very liberal. In Yolo County, CA 69.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yolo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.5% to 28.1%.
Yolo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodland, CA is strongly liberal.
Yolo County, California is very 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.
Woodland, 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 Woodland, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,368 contributions totaling $204,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $377,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $583 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)