Folsom, CA is a bustling city located in the Greater Sacramento region. It is home to an array of different industries, a vibrant local culture, and a long history of civic engagement. Politically, Folsom is a heavily Democratic city with most of its residents voting Democrat in national elections. At the local level, Folsom’s City Council represents the interests of the city’s diverse population ranging from young professionals to retirees. Local candidates vying for City Council seats come from all walks of life and run on a variety of platforms including economic growth, environmental protection, public safety and infrastructure development. Folsom is also home to several active political organizations like Democrats Abroad and Tea Party that actively engage citizens in local politics. With such an engaged community, Folsom remains focused on issues directly affecting its citizens and keeps politics at the forefront of conversations in the city.
The political climate in Folsom, 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
Folsom, 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.
Folsom, 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 Folsom, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,999 contributions totaling $1,173,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,843 contributions totaling $807,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)