The Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area is an important and vibrant political community. Local politics plays a major role in the area, with local officials such as the mayor, city council members, school board members and other elected officials making decisions on behalf of the citizens. The region also has a number of active civic organizations that work to better the quality of life for those living within it. Examples include public service groups like the Rotary Club and Kiwanis Club, environmental groups such as Save Our Water and Citizens for Clean Air, and non-profit organizations addressing issues like homelessness or hunger. There are two major political party affiliations in this area: Democrats and Republicans. In recent years, both parties have seen their share of victories at the polls here in Stockton-Lodi. No matter what political stripe residents may be, there is a wide variety of platforms from which to choose when voting on local elections.
The political climate in Stockton Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Stockton Metro Area 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Stockton-Lodi metro area remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.8%.
The Stockton-Lodi metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stockton 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.
Stockton, 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 Stockton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,964 contributions totaling $1,127,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,171 contributions totaling $1,702,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)