Graton, California is a small city located in 95444 zip code with a population of 1,812 people. It is nestled in the rolling hills of Sonoma County and is known for its wine region and diverse landscape. Despite its small size, Graton still has a vibrant political scene. Local politics in Graton center around issues that affect the entire region such as housing affordability, preserving open space, and economic development. In recent years, the city has seen several new candidates enter the local political arena to help address these issues. Candidates have come from both sides of the aisle who advocate for solutions that will benefit all residents in Graton and beyond. The future of politics in Graton looks bright and it will be interesting to see what changes arise from these upcoming campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 95444 (Graton, CA) is moderately 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 95444 (Graton, CA) is moderately liberal.
Graton, California is moderately 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.
Graton, 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 95444 (Graton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 452 contributions totaling $26,457 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $3,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)