Fair Oaks, CA is a peaceful and scenic community located in Northern California. Its politics are mostly focused on local issues such as improving public services, economic development, and preserving the environment. The City Council is composed of five members who are elected to two-year terms in even-numbered years. The Mayor serves for a four-year term. Residents of Fair Oaks have the opportunity to get involved in politics by voting for their favorite candidates during elections and attending public meetings where they can share their opinions on important issues that affect their community. Through these efforts, citizens can help shape the future of Fair Oaks and make sure it remains a vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Fair Oaks, CA is somewhat 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
Fair Oaks, CA is somewhat 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.
Fair Oaks, 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 Fair Oaks, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,701 contributions totaling $661,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 863 contributions totaling $206,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)