The politics in 95811 Sacramento, CA are heavily influenced by the Democratic Party on a local and state level. Local political candidates focus on important issues such as public transportation, education, job opportunities, and homelessness. Most recently, the California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a budget that would increase public transportation funding for low-income communities in Sacramento. This is an example of how the local political candidates can make a positive change for their constituents in 95811 Sacramento, CA. Additionally, some of the current local representatives have taken action to address issues such as climate change and affordable housing. They understand that these issues not only affect their constituents but also the entire state of California and strive to create policies that promote sustainability and economic opportunity.
The political climate in Zip 95811 (Sacramento, CA) is strongly 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 95811 (Sacramento, CA) is strongly liberal.
Sacramento, California is strongly 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.
Sacramento, 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 95811 (Sacramento)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,301 contributions totaling $203,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $207,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)