North Highlands, California is a city located in Sacramento County and is home to a population of over 40,000 residents. The city has a long history of political engagement and civic involvement. Residents of North Highlands have the ability to vote for local council members who represent their voices in government decisions. The elected council members work side by side with the mayor to develop and implement policies that best reflect the interests of the community. Additionally, there are many opportunities for residents to engage in local politics through organizations like volunteer committees and community action groups. Through these organizations, citizens can advocate for causes that impact their lives and the lives of others in North Highlands.
The political climate in North Highlands, CA is moderately 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
North Highlands, CA is moderately 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.
North Highlands, 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 North Highlands, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,382 contributions totaling $332,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 999 contributions totaling $169,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)