Esparto, California is a small rural community in Yolo County located east of the metropolitan hub of Sacramento. The town is governed by the Esparto Unified School District and the Esparto Community Services District. It is also under the jurisdiction of Yolo County Board of Supervisors, which sets policies that affect the entire county. In addition to this oversight, Esparto has its own locally elected officials that represent the interests of its citizens and provide services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, quality education, and recreation programs for all residents. These include an elected mayor and four city council members who are responsible for making decisions on local matters that affect the community as a whole. Community involvement is key in local politics in Esparto and citizens are encouraged to actively participate in their local government by attending meetings, providing feedback on issues, and volunteering their time in support of important initiatives.
The political climate in Esparto, CA is moderately liberal.
Yolo County, CA is very liberal. In Yolo County, CA 69.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yolo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.5% to 28.1%.
Yolo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Esparto, CA is moderately liberal.
Yolo County, California is very 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.
Esparto, 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 Esparto, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $13,139 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $9,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)