The town of Bodega, CA is a small rural community located on the Northern California coast. It has a rich history and deep connection to its local political landscape. Although the population of Bodega is relatively small, the town takes pride in its locally elected leaders and their commitment to providing quality services for their citizens. The elected officials work diligently to ensure that the needs and wants of their constituents are heard in policy decisions. In recent years, several local candidates have been running for office in order to better represent their community’s interests. These candidates strive to bring positive change to Bodega by advocating for policies such as improved infrastructure, increased investment in education, and better environmental protection measures. As such, Bodega’s citizens are active participants in maintaining an engaged political atmosphere that will ultimately benefit them and their community now and into the future.
The political climate in Bodega, CA is moderately liberal.
Sonoma County, CA is very liberal. In Sonoma County, CA 74.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sonoma county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.5% to 23.0%.
Sonoma county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bodega, CA is moderately liberal.
Sonoma County, California is very liberal.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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.
Bodega, 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 Bodega, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,347 contributions totaling $111,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $6,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)