The politics in 94952 Petaluma, CA are largely dominated by issues of local governance. The City Council is the main governing body for the city and is composed of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. The mayor is also elected to a four-year term. Decisions made by the council affect every aspect of life in the city, including public safety, access to health care, education, housing affordability and other concerns. In addition to elections for mayor and city councilmembers, there are regularly held municipal initiatives that allow citizens to influence policy decisions through ballot measures or other direct means. Residents of 94952 Petaluma can stay informed about local political candidates and debates through their local newspaper or on various media outlets.
The political climate in Zip 94952 (Petaluma, CA) is strongly 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 94952 (Petaluma, CA) is strongly liberal.
Petaluma, California is strongly 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.
Petaluma, 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 94952 (Petaluma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,549 contributions totaling $687,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 390 contributions totaling $56,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)