The city of Tracy, California is a dynamic and vibrant community located in San Joaquin County. It is home to many unique businesses and organizations which contribute positively to the local economy. The politics of Tracy are determined by its residents through their elected representatives. The city is part of the 10th Congressional District, represented by Congressman Josh Harder in the United States House of Representatives. At the state level, Tracy is represented by Senator Melissa Hurtado and Assemblymember Heath Flora in the State Senate and Assembly respectively. On a local level, the City Council is responsible for local laws and policy decisions that affect the citizens of Tracy. This nine-member board consists of elected officials who serve four-year terms, with three members elected at large and six members elected from specific geographic districts within the city. Local voters also elect officers like mayor, police chief, clerk and other members of various committees to ensure day-to-day operations are managed efficiently and effectively. In all, Tracy's political system ensures that citizens have a voice in their government every step of the way as they make decisions that impact their lives on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 95376 (Tracy, 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 95376 (Tracy, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Tracy, 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.
Tracy, 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 95376 (Tracy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 822 contributions totaling $49,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $39,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)