The city of Rio Vista, California is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a small population of around 7,700 people and is governed by a five-member city council. The council members are elected to four-year terms, with two seats up for election every two years. They serve staggered terms and develop policies that ensure the community’s well-being and progress. The current council members are Mayor Phil O'Keefe, Vice Mayor Ray Gardner, Council Member Jeff Browning, Council Member Louise Leung and Council Member Mike Long. The mayor serves as the presiding officer of the City Council meetings and represents the City at various functions. The members are dedicated to serving Rio Vista’s citizens on issues such as land use planning, public safety, recreation programs and economic development initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 94571 (Rio Vista, CA) is moderately liberal.
Solano County, CA is strongly liberal. In Solano County, CA 63.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Solano county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.6% to 33.5%.
Solano county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94571 (Rio Vista, CA) is moderately liberal.
Rio Vista, California is moderately liberal.
Solano County, California is strongly liberal.
Vallejo Metro Area is strongly 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 Vista, 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 94571 (Rio Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,124 contributions totaling $204,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $16,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)