Galt, California is a small community located in Sacramento County. It has a long standing history of political involvement in the local area. The city is represented by both state and county government officials, including Congressmen, Assemblymen, State Senators and Supervisors. Galt residents have an active voice in determining their political future through both direct voting for representatives as well as attending public meetings to influence local decision making. Political topics widely discussed include improving education, supporting small businesses, addressing homelessness, and protecting environmental concerns. In addition to these issues, Galt's citizens take pride in keeping up with other state and national news items that affect their lives on a daily basis. Galt's citizens are dedicated to being informed about their city's political decisions and activities so that they can make an impact on their community's future.
The political climate in Galt, 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
Galt, 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.
Galt, 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 Galt, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,168 contributions totaling $37,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $21,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)