The small city of Elk Grove, California (95757) is the second largest city in Sacramento County and has a population of just over 170,000 people. Politically, the city is part of a larger community of Sacramento Valley cities that have long-standing local governments and several years of recent growth. Local government officials are elected to represent the citizens’ needs for the betterment of the community. Currently, Elk Grove City Council consists of five members. Additionally, Elk Grove has two state representatives in the California Senate and Assembly. Local elections for Elk Grove are held every two years in November and include voting on ballot measures such as school bonds or taxes. The decisions made by these local officials shape the future of Elk Grove's economy, education system, and quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 95757 (Elk Grove, 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 95757 (Elk Grove, CA) is moderately liberal.
Elk Grove, 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.
Elk Grove, 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 95757 (Elk Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,234 contributions totaling $133,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $63,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)