Sacramento Metropolitan Area - Politics

Politics

Greater Sacramento vote
by party in presidential elections
Year GOP DEM Others
2008 44.33% 454,362 53.39% 547,201 2.27% 23,286
2004 53.37% 488,703 45.33% 415,141 1.30% 11,920
2000 49.92% 394,935 44.58% 352,677 5.49% 43,448
1996 44.11% 309,442 46.13% 323,652 9.76% 68,456
1992 36.85% 279,776 41.06% 311,743 22.08% 167,648
1988 53.00% 340,727 45.63% 293,284 1.37% 8,780
1984 57.46% 338,935 41.11% 242,505 1.43% 8,467
See also: Politics of California

In addition to being home of the state capital of California, Greater Sacramento is considered a politically competitive area with no major political party having a majority over the region. Due to their proximity to the Bay Area, which is a part of the Democratic Party stronghold of Coastal California, Yolo and Sacramento counties have large Democratic pluralities with Democratic majorities in the recent 2008 presidential election. El Dorado, Placer, Yuba, Sutter and Douglas counties are predominately Republican while Nevada County, despite a history of being held by Republican candidates, reflects the metropolitan area's competitiveness with pluralities between the two major parties and with a Democratic majority in the 2008 presidential election.

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