The city of Sausalito, CA is a small but vibrant community on the San Francisco Bay. It is an attractive destination for tourists and residents alike due to its unique blend of modern amenities and coastal living. The local politics in Sausalito are shaped by the City Council, which consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are also elected by the City Council on an annual basis. The Council sets policy priorities, makes important decisions about how the city will use its resources, and establishes the budget each year. The City Manager provides administrative oversight for all departments and staff of the City with regard to these policies and decisions. Residents have opportunities to be actively involved in municipal government through participation in various committees, commissions, boards, or task forces. This involvement helps shape decisions that affect their daily lives in Sausalito.
The political climate in Sausalito, CA is moderately liberal.
Marin County, CA is very liberal. In Marin County, CA 82.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Marin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sausalito, CA is moderately liberal.
Marin County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley Metro Area is very 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.
Sausalito, 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 Sausalito, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32,558 contributions totaling $4,444,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,002 contributions totaling $479,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)