The politics of 95815 Sacramento, CA are largely reflective of the state as a whole. The district is part of California's 7th congressional district and is represented in the House of Representatives by Democrat Ami Bera. In the State Senate, it is represented by two Democrats; Richard Pan and Nancy Skinner. At the local level, 95815 residents are served by their District 5 Councilmember Jay Schenirer on the Sacramento City Council, who works with 4 other Councilmembers to serve the entire city. Sacramento County is also governed by an elected Board of Supervisors, representing each area in the county.
The political climate in Zip 95815 (Sacramento, 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 95815 (Sacramento, CA) is moderately liberal.
Sacramento, 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.
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 95815 (Sacramento)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,105 contributions totaling $112,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $41,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)