Stockton, CA is the 13th most populous city in California and is a diverse community with an engaged political landscape. The city is divided into seven districts that are each represented by a local member of the Stockton City Council. These members work together to develop policy and make decisions that affect all of the city's residents. Elections for city council take place every two years in odd-numbered years, and run-off elections occur if no candidate receives a majority of votes. In addition to city council, Stockton also has several state representatives who work at the state level to pass laws that will benefit Stockton residents. Involvement in local politics can come in different forms such as voting for candidates or registering to vote, attending campaign events or volunteering on campaigns, and helping spread awareness about issues affecting Stockton’s residents.
The political climate in Zip 95204 (Stockton, CA) is somewhat liberal.
San Joaquin County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Joaquin County, CA 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, San Joaquin county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.8%.
San Joaquin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95204 (Stockton, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Stockton, California is somewhat liberal.
San Joaquin County, California is somewhat liberal.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 95204 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,656 contributions totaling $145,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 435 contributions totaling $46,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)