Salida, California is a small city located in San Joaquin County. Although it is small in size, the politics of this city are quite important to its citizens. The city has a mayor and a four-member City Council that oversee local government operations and decisions. All members of the City Council are elected by public vote every two years and serve four-year terms. The mayor acts as the leader of the council and makes sure all laws passed by the council are enforced. In addition, Salida also has two separate boards that make up its legislative branch: the Planning Commission and the Parks & Recreation Commission. Both commissions regularly meet to discuss topics related to their areas of expertise and report back to City Council with their recommendations. With an engaged citizenry and an active local government, Salida is committed to creating a prosperous future for its citizens.
The political climate in Salida, CA is leaning liberal.
Stanislaus County, CA is leaning liberal. In Stanislaus County, CA 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanislaus county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.2%.
Stanislaus county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salida, CA is leaning liberal.
Stanislaus County, California is leaning liberal.
Modesto Metro Area is leaning 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.
Salida, California: r R 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 Salida, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,584 contributions totaling $157,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 870 contributions totaling $259,207 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)