Elk Grove, CA is a city located in Sacramento County, California. The city is known for its vibrant and diverse community as well as numerous parks and recreational opportunities. Politically, Elk Grove is a strong Democratic stronghold with the majority of voters supporting the Democratic Party Candidate in recent presidential elections. In addition to the support of local Democrats, many residents also support issues such as healthcare reform and environmental protection. The current mayor of Elk Grove is Steve Ly. He has served since 2016 and works to promote economic growth and development while ensuring that citizens have access to resources such as healthcare, education, housing and other services. Additionally, he has been successful at improving public safety by increasing police presence throughout the city to ensure safety for all residents.
The political climate in Elk Grove, CA is somewhat 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
Elk Grove, CA is somewhat 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.
Elk Grove, 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 Elk Grove, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,877 contributions totaling $625,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,512 contributions totaling $259,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)