The politics of 95404 Santa Rosa, CA are shaped by the city’s diverse population. The city is home to a variety of people from different backgrounds and political beliefs, making for an interesting and vibrant local political landscape. Locals are involved in many civic activities such as attending City Council meetings, participating in public forums and debates, and volunteering or running for public office. Local issues such as housing affordability, transportation infrastructure, education reform, and environmental protection are all on the minds of residents. In recent years, numerous local political candidates have been running for positions in City Council or other municipal offices in order to represent their constituents’ views. These candidates strive to bring fresh ideas to the table while keeping the community’s best interests in mind. As a result, Santa Rosa has become an increasingly important part of California's political scene.
The political climate in Zip 95404 (Santa Rosa, CA) is strongly liberal.
Sonoma County, CA is very liberal. In Sonoma County, CA 74.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sonoma county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.5% to 23.0%.
Sonoma county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95404 (Santa Rosa, CA) is strongly liberal.
Santa Rosa, California is strongly liberal.
Sonoma County, California is very liberal.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma Metro Area is very 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.
Santa Rosa, 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 95404 (Santa Rosa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,670 contributions totaling $998,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 719 contributions totaling $181,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)