Stockton, CA is located in the heart of San Joaquin County and is home to a vibrant political landscape. The city has a mayor-council government with nine members that are elected from districts, as well as representatives in the California State Assembly, Senate, and House of Representatives. Recently, Stockton was selected as one of eight cities in California to participate in the state's new Economic Development Initiative (EDI). This initiative will promote economic development and job growth for the whole region. Furthermore, numerous civic organizations work to ensure citizens are engaged with their representatives and local politics. Together, these factors help make Stockton an important political center in California.
The political climate in Zip 95202 (Stockton, CA) is moderately 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 95202 (Stockton, CA) is moderately liberal.
Stockton, California is moderately 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 95202 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $5,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)