Mountain View, CA is a small city located in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. The city has a population of over 80,000 people and is known for its vibrant technology industry and diverse culture. The politics of Mountain View are based on the needs of its citizens and are overseen by a five member City Council elected at large. All five members serve four year terms and they work together to make decisions on how to best serve their constituents. The Council works closely with the Mayor who serves as the head of government in Mountain View. The city holds elections every two years for both City Council seats and City Mayor positions, giving residents an opportunity to participate in the political process. With a focus on innovation, collaboration, and sustainability, Mountain View strives to ensure that its citizens have access to quality services while also preserving its natural resources for future generations.
The political climate in Mountain View, CA is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain View, CA is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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.
Mountain View, 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 Mountain View, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83,664 contributions totaling $22,621,537 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,222 contributions totaling $2,491,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)