The city of Stockton, CA is located in San Joaquin County and has a population of around 315,000 inhabitants. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with Mayor Michael Tubbs currently in office. There are nine members on the City Council who represent each ward within the city and make decisions regarding legislation. This year's local elections will feature several candidates competing for positions on City Council, including incumbent Lynette Sweet and challengers Christina Fugazi and Alan Raya. Each candidate has different ideas about how to improve the city and its residents’ quality of life. As Stockton continues to grow and change, it is important for citizens to get out and vote so that their voices can be heard in this critical election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 95219 (Stockton, CA) is somewhat liberal.
San Joaquin County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Joaquin County, CA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Joaquin county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.8%.
San Joaquin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95219 (Stockton, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Stockton, California is somewhat liberal.
San Joaquin County, California is somewhat liberal.
Stockton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Stockton, California: r r 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 95219 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,463 contributions totaling $130,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 564 contributions totaling $728,482 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)