Sacramento, the capital of California and the sixth largest city in the state, has a vibrant and diverse political landscape. The city is currently represented by seven members in the U.S. House of Representatives who reflect the party-line makeup of Sacramento’s population with three Democrats and four Republicans. On the local level, there are several City Council districts that are represented by various elected officials. In addition to these officials, there is an active network of organizations dedicated to advocating for specific issues such as civil rights, education reform, environmental protection, and public safety initiatives throughout Sacramento's communities. Through its various elected representatives and non-profit organizations, Sacramento is actively engaged in working towards improving quality of life for all residents regardless of their political affiliation or background.
The political climate in Sacramento, 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
Sacramento, 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.
Sacramento, 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 Sacramento, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74,901 contributions totaling $10,343,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,298 contributions totaling $5,030,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $689 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)