San Bruno, California is a city located in the San Mateo County of the Bay Area. It is home to a diverse range of people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. The politics in San Bruno are heavily influenced by local residents and their needs. The City Council is made up of seven elected community members who are responsible for making decisions regarding the city's budget, infrastructure, and services. Each council member has a specific area to represent such as public safety, health care, or economic development. Local elections for councils are held every two years which allows citizens to have input on who represents them in government. Issues such as housing affordability, education funding, transportation infrastructure, and environmental protection are important topics debated within the city council chambers. Residents can also get involved by attending meetings or speaking out on issues they feel passionate about.
The political climate in San Bruno, CA is strongly liberal.
San Mateo County, CA is very liberal. In San Mateo County, CA 77.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Mateo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.9% to 20.2%.
San Mateo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Bruno, CA is strongly liberal.
San Mateo County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley Metro Area is very 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.
San Bruno, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 San Bruno, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,286 contributions totaling $1,223,379 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,824 contributions totaling $704,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)