The city of Sacramento, CA, 95823 is the capital of California and is home to a population of over 500,000 people. It has a long history of political involvement and its residents take part in local, state, and national elections. In recent years, Sacramento has seen some new faces competing for local political office as well as those running for higher positions in the state government. The city is represented by members of both major political parties and citizens from all walks of life take part in the election process. Many different issues are brought to the forefront when it comes to politics in Sacramento such as education, health care, housing affordability, public safety, and more. As residents take part in political debates and discussions that shape their daily lives they will be sure to make their voices heard in the upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 95823 (Sacramento, CA) is moderately liberal.
Sacramento County, CA is strongly liberal. In Sacramento County, CA 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sacramento county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 36.1%.
Sacramento county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95823 (Sacramento, CA) is moderately liberal.
Sacramento, California is moderately liberal.
Sacramento County, California is strongly liberal.
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, California: d d 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 95823 (Sacramento)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 944 contributions totaling $40,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $11,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)