Auburn, CA is a small city located in Placer County in the state of California. It has a population of about 13,000 people and is known for its beautiful mountain views and outdoor activities. Politics in Auburn are generally conservative with Republicans dominating the local government. Currently, there are two seats held by Republicans on the City Council and one seat held by a Democrat. The Mayor and Vice Mayor positions are appointed every two years from among the members of the City Council. Recent efforts to increase voter turnout have been successful, with many local initiatives receiving strong support from both sides of the aisle. Local candidates receive plenty of community involvement when running for office and often host events such as town halls and forums to discuss their platforms directly with constituents.
The political climate in Zip 95602 (Auburn, CA) is leaning conservative.
Placer County, CA is leaning conservative. In Placer County, CA 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Placer county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Placer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95602 (Auburn, CA) is leaning conservative.
Auburn, California is leaning conservative.
Placer County, California is leaning conservative.
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.
Auburn, California: R R R R R r
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 95602 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,504 contributions totaling $94,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 405 contributions totaling $87,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)