Rio Linda, California is a small town located in the northern part of Sacramento County. The city is home to approximately 10,000 residents who are served by a local government that works to provide services and resources for the community. Rio Linda has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Emily Moran. The city council consists of five members elected at large by the residents of Rio Linda. The council meets regularly to discuss matters affecting the city and set policy priorities. Education and public safety remain top priorities for the political leadership in Rio Linda, as well as advocating for economic development opportunities which will create jobs for local citizens. In terms of state politics, Rio Linda is represented by Senator Richard Pan in California's sixth senate district. Additionally, Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes represents the sixty-second assembly district in both state legislative houses.
The political climate in Rio Linda, 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
Rio Linda, 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.
Rio Linda, 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 Rio Linda, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,436 contributions totaling $24,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $8,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)