Rocklin, California is a small city located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Placer County. It has a thriving economy and is home to an array of businesses, shopping, and an excellent school district. Despite its relatively small size, Rocklin is still an important part of local politics. The city itself is served by the Rocklin City Council, which consists of five elected members. These members make decisions about the future of the city and how best to serve its citizens. In November 2020, the City Council will be voted on by the people of Rocklin. Additionally, there are representatives from Rocklin who serve in local government positions such as the Board of Supervisors and Placer County Superior Court Judgeships. All these representatives help make sure that the laws and policies governing Rocklin are fair to all its citizens.
The political climate in Rocklin, CA is leaning conservative.
Placer County, CA is leaning conservative. In Placer County, CA 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Placer county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Placer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rocklin, CA is leaning conservative.
Placer County, California is leaning conservative.
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.
Rocklin, California: R R R R R r
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 Rocklin, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,846 contributions totaling $759,278 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,538 contributions totaling $1,950,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $769 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)