Editing Sonoma County, California (section)

==Politics==
For most of the 20th century, Sonoma County was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold in presidential elections. From 1896 until 1988, the only Democrats to carry Sonoma were [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1912, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1932 and 1936, and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964.<ref name="Geography">Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004'', pp. 152–155 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> Like the rest of the Bay Area, it has since become a Democratic stronghold.

The last Republican to win a majority in the county was [[Ronald Reagan]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1984|1984]], and the last Republican to represent a significant part of the county in Congress was Representative [[Donald H. Clausen]], who left office in January 1983.

{{PresHead|place=Sonoma County, California|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref group=note>This total comprised 5,806 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was official Republican nominee in California), 1,494 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]] and 367 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] nominee [[Eugene W. Chafin]].</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|63,426|179,600|8,439|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|61,825|199,938|6,554|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|51,408|160,435|21,460|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|54,784|153,942|8,139|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|55,127|168,888|5,336|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|68,204|148,261|4,225|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|63,529|117,295|16,182|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|53,555|100,738|27,004|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|47,619|104,334|45,738|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|67,725|91,262|2,596|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|76,447|71,295|1,915|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|60,722|45,596|19,667|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|50,555|50,353|5,044|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|57,697|43,746|3,991|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|38,088|33,587|6,384|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|27,677|44,354|105|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|34,641|29,147|244|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|33,659|20,616|86|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|35,605|17,675|594|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|22,077|16,026|1,881|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|16,309|15,949|111|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|16,819|15,230|330|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|11,185|17,273|248|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|9,161|15,686|822|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|12,891|8,506|194|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|9,535|1,767|5,726|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|10,377|4,070|1,065|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|9,733|8,377|1,214|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|32|6,500|7,667|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|5,427|3,168|844|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|5,269|2,816|463|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|4,381|3,517|209|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|4,053|3,595|168|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|3,016|3,451|483|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|3,293|3,394|324|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|3,044|2,944|172|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|2,290|2,628|122|California}}

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|title      = Gubernatorial elections results
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{| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Sonoma County vote<br /> by party in gubernatorial elections'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vote.sonoma-county.org/content.aspx?sid=1009&id=3244|title=Final Results for Consolidated General Election – November 4, 2014|publisher=Sonoma County Registrar of Voters|access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2022|2022]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.1% ''57,413''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.9%''' ''140,041''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.7% ''58,338''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.3%''' ''152,040''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.2% ''36,249''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.8%''' ''107,328''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.1% ''55,472''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.7%''' ''119,079''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''47.0%''' ''81,608''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.6% ''77,392''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2003 California gubernatorial recall election|2003]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.0% ''54,651''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''40.7%''' ''63,588''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.9% ''43,408''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.4%''' ''73,079''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1998|1998]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.0% ''46,616''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.3%''' ''103,235''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.7% ''73,234''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.7%''' ''79,720''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1990|1990]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.6% ''54,706''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.8%''' ''79,093''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1986|1986]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.4%''' ''75,003''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.9% ''47,859''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1982|1982]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.1% ''55,968''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.2%''' ''63,542''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.9% ''37,584''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.3%''' ''56,920''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1974|1974]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.0% ''40,339''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.5%''' ''40,756''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1970|1970]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.6%''' ''44,823''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.2% ''29,953''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1966|1966]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.7%''' ''41,516''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.3% ''26,898''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1962|1962]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.7%''' ''29,647''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.2% ''29,373''
|}
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On November 4, 2008, Sonoma County voted 66.4% against Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Results - Consolidated General Election - 11/04/2008|url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/RegVoter/Elections/pdf/2008/20081104summary.pdf|website=Sonoma-county.org}}</ref>

According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 2019, there are 277,665 registered voters in Sonoma County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=Registration by Political Subdivision by County : 2019|website=Elections.cdn.sos.ca|access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> Of those, 143,054 (51.5%) are registered Democratic, 49,386 (17.8%) are registered Republican, and 70,244 (25.3%) declined to state a political party. Every city, town, and the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County have more registered Democrats than Republicans.

=== Voter registration statistics ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name=quick>{{Cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2018_PEPANNRES&prodType=table|title=American FactFinder|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214061229/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2018_PEPANNRES&prodType=table|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | 502,146
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 – Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 261,706
| 54.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 134,896
| 51.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 56,428
| 21.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color:#00f;">'''+78,468'''</span>
| <span style="color:#00f;">'''+29.9%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 6,619
| 2.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 4,640
| 1.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,833
| 0.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 792
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 3
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 829
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 55,666
| 21.3%
|}
{{Clear}}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Cloverdale, California|Cloverdale]] || 8,390 || 51.8% || 49.1% || 24.7% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+24.4%'''</span> || 7.9% || 21.1%
|-
| [[Cotati, California|Cotati]] || 7,154 || 57.4% || 52.8% || 17.8% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+35.0%'''</span> || 10.3% || 22.4%
|-
| [[Healdsburg, California|Healdsburg]] || 11,161 || 56.5% || 52.6% || 21.7% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+30.9%'''</span> || 7.5% || 20.6%
|-
| [[Petaluma, California|Petaluma]] || 57,265 || 57.5% || 52.3% || 20.5% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+31.8%'''</span> || 7.8% || 22.0%
|-
| [[Rohnert Park, California|Rohnert Park]] || 40,741 || 50.1% || 49.6% || 21.3% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+28.3%'''</span> || 8.8% || 23.2%
|-
| [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]] || 164,976 || 50.9% || 52.1% || 21.4% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+30.7%'''</span> || 7.7% || 21.4%
|-
| [[Sebastopol, California|Sebastopol]] || 7,359 || 69.6% || 61.4% || 11.4% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+50.0%'''</span> || 9.8% || 19.5%
|-
| [[Sonoma, California|Sonoma]] || 10,430 || 65.0% || 51.2% || 22.8% || <span style="color:#00f;">'''+28.4%'''</span> || 8.1% || 20.8%
|-
| [[Windsor, California|Windsor]] || 26,229 || 54.4% || 46.6% || 27.5% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+19.1%'''</span> || 7.5% || 21.1%
|}