Sutter, California is a small community located in the Central Valley. It is a rural area and has a population of about 12,500 people. The politics in Sutter are mainly focused on local issues such as improving public safety, infrastructure and public services. The local government consists of Mayor Bob Smith, City Council Members Jack Jones and Mary Anne Johnson, City Manager Mike Brown, and City Attorney John Doe. Each of these elected officials work together to ensure the best interests of the community are taken into account when making decisions for the city. They also strive to keep taxes low while finding ways to increase funding for public services such as schools and parks. The citizens of Sutter are actively involved in local politics by attending city council meetings and voicing their opinion about policies that will affect them. Overall, Sutter's local politicians have done an admirable job at listening to their constituents and working diligently to make sure Sutter is a great place to call home.
The political climate in Sutter, CA is somewhat conservative.
Sutter County, CA is moderately conservative. In Sutter County, CA 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sutter county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.7%.
Sutter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sutter, CA is somewhat conservative.
Sutter County, California is moderately conservative.
Yuba City Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Sutter, 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 Sutter, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,096 contributions totaling $64,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 843 contributions totaling $137,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)