The city of Rancho Cordova in 95742 is home to a diverse political landscape. Located in the Sacramento metropolitan area, it is part of California's 7th congressional district, which is currently represented by Democratic Representative Ami Bera. At the state level, it falls within California State Senate District 6 and California Assembly District 8, both of which are held by Democrats. At the local level, Rancho Cordova has its own mayor and city council members who help make important decisions on behalf of their constituents. Civic engagement is strong in Rancho Cordova; residents are encouraged to attend community meetings and get involved with local issues.
The political climate in Zip 95742 (Rancho Cordova, CA) is somewhat 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 95742 (Rancho Cordova, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Rancho Cordova, California is somewhat 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.
Rancho Cordova, 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 95742 (Rancho Cordova)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 375 contributions totaling $18,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $45,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)