Rio Linda, California is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, located just north of Sacramento. The politics in the area are largely influenced by the county political landscape. Voters in 95673 Rio Linda are part of the county-wide elections and vote for candidates running for offices including Governor, State Senate and Assembly, Congress, and President. Though there is no local representation for Rio Linda voters, they can still voice their opinions at the state level on ballot initiatives that affect their lives. Additionally, Rio Linda is subject to many county regulations regarding taxes and other important matters. Overall, politics in Rio Linda reflect those of its larger neighbor – Sacramento County.
The political climate in Zip 95673 (Rio Linda, 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 95673 (Rio Linda, CA) is moderately liberal.
Rio Linda, 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.
Rio Linda, 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 95673 (Rio Linda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,436 contributions totaling $24,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $8,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)