Walnut Grove, CA is a small town in the 95690 area of California with a population just over 4,000 people. It is located off of Highway 5 and has been around since the mid 1800s. Politically, the town leans conservative and most of its residents are registered Republicans. The local political candidates that have held office in the past few years are Allen Jones for mayor and Steven Smith for city councilman. Allen Jones has been serving as mayor since 2017 and has worked to improve infrastructure in the community while Steven Smith was voted onto the city council in 2019 and works to ensure that all voices are heard in city decisions. The town also hosts annual political forums which allow citizens to hear from their elected officials directly about any issues or concerns they have. All in all, Walnut Grove is a close-knit community with a strong sense of civic responsibility that shows itself through active participation in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 95690 (Walnut Grove, CA) is somewhat 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 95690 (Walnut Grove, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Walnut Grove, California is somewhat 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.
Walnut Grove, 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 95690 (Walnut Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $28,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $12,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)