Sheridan, CA is a small town located in the Central Valley of California. It is known for its picturesque landscape and strong sense of community. Politically speaking, Sheridan is heavily influenced by the state’s Democratic Party, with a majority of local government officials representing this party. However, there are several independent candidates that have been elected to Sheridan’s City Council in recent years. This shows how open citizens are to hearing from new voices in their local politics. The City Council meets regularly to discuss matters such as housing development, public safety initiatives, and economic growth for the city. With both political parties working towards progress for the community, Sheridan has become an example of how different views can come together to create positive change for its citizens.
The political climate in Sheridan, CA is somewhat 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
Sheridan, CA is somewhat 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.
Sheridan, 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 Sheridan, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,643 contributions totaling $232,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,558 contributions totaling $226,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)