Vista Santa Rosa, CA is a vibrant city with a diverse range of political views. As the county seat of Sonoma County, it holds a lot of political influence in the region. The city’s elected officials are primarily Democrats, though there have been some Republicans recently that have served in office. In particular, recent local elections have seen the election of progressive candidates who support progressive issues such as access to healthcare, environmental protection and equality for all citizens. Vista Santa Rosa also plays host to various policy debates and initiatives from both sides of the aisle. Recent topics discussed include education reform, gun control legislation and immigration policies. Local residents take part in these discussions by attending town hall meetings or engaging with their elected representatives on social media platforms. All in all, politics is an important aspect to everyday life for many people living in Vista Santa Rosa and it serves as an example for other cities throughout California and beyond.
The political climate in Vista Santa Rosa, CA is leaning liberal.
Riverside County, CA is leaning liberal. In Riverside County, CA 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Riverside county remained moderately Democratic, 53.0% to 45.0%.
Riverside county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vista Santa Rosa, CA is leaning liberal.
Riverside County, California is leaning liberal.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Vista Santa Rosa, California: r R 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 Vista Santa Rosa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,448 contributions totaling $279,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,327 contributions totaling $440,517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)