San Ramon is a city located in the East Bay of California’s San Francisco Bay Area. The city has an active political atmosphere with several initiatives taking place at the local level. Two prominent local political figures are Mayor Bill Clarkson and Vice Mayor Scott Perkins, who both serve on the City Council in San Ramon. Mayor Clarkson was re-elected to his seat in 2018, and since then he has been advocating for increased public safety, improving housing affordability, and supporting local businesses. Vice Mayor Perkins is also focused on these issues, as well as improving environmental sustainability and encouraging civic engagement among residents. In addition to these two key figures, there are several other individuals involved in local politics in San Ramon who are striving to improve the quality of life for all residents. All of these efforts have come together to create a vibrant political community that is constantly striving to make the city better for everyone involved.
The political climate in San Ramon, CA is moderately liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Ramon, CA is moderately liberal.
Contra Costa 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 Ramon, 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 Ramon, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,309 contributions totaling $1,547,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,567 contributions totaling $3,475,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)