The city of Fair Oaks, CA is located in Sacramento County and has a population of approximately 30,000 people. It was incorporated in 1957 and is known for its small-town feel and rural charm. Politically, Fair Oaks is part of the 4th Congressional District of California and is represented by Tom McClintock, a Republican. At the state level, Fair Oaks is part of the 6th State Assembly District which is currently represented by Kevin McCarty, a Democrat. On the local level, Fair Oaks has an elected mayor and five city council members that make up its governing body. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues related to public safety, infrastructure, planning, economic development and other matters affecting the well-being of all residents. All local political candidates are elected on a nonpartisan basis with the goal of crafting policies that best serve everyone who lives in Fair Oaks.
The political climate in Zip 95628 (Fair Oaks, 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 95628 (Fair Oaks, CA) is moderately liberal.
Fair Oaks, 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.
Fair Oaks, 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 95628 (Fair Oaks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,701 contributions totaling $661,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 863 contributions totaling $206,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)