Politics in 95661 Roseville, CA are largely governed by the same rules and regulations that apply throughout the state of California. As such, the citizens of Roseville have the right to vote in statewide elections to help determine who their representatives will be in Congress and the State Legislature. Additionally, the citizens can also participate in local elections such as choosing members for City Council and School Board. Roseville is a part of Placer County and thus votes in favor of county initiatives as well as city proposals. Politically, Roseville leans toward the Democratic side as most of its residents register with this party. Furthermore, active involvement of local citizens in political engagement and voting trends over time has helped shape the city’s politics from an ideological standpoint.
The political climate in Zip 95661 (Roseville, CA) is leaning conservative.
Placer County, CA is leaning conservative. In Placer County, CA 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Placer county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Placer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95661 (Roseville, CA) is leaning conservative.
Roseville, California is leaning conservative.
Placer County, California is leaning conservative.
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.
Roseville, California: R R R R R r
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 95661 (Roseville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,337 contributions totaling $285,676 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 553 contributions totaling $376,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $681 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)