The Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse area that has experienced an increase in population over the years. This area is considered a hub for political activity. The political scene in the area is highly active and can be divided into local, state and national levels. On the local level, the area is served by numerous elected officials who are working to represent their constituents' best interests. These officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day life of those living in the region. At the state level, there are many elected legislators who serve to ensure that legislation passed at this level reflects the values of Californians. Finally, on the national level, there are representatives from each state who serve as voice for their respective states in Congress. All these roles demonstrate how politics impacts various aspects of life here in Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA Metro Area.
The political climate in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.5%.
The Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199,494 contributions totaling $20,786,919 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29,313 contributions totaling $12,750,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)