Oakley, California is a small city situated in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has an active and engaged citizenry that takes great pride in their local government and politics. Oakley has a mayor-council type of government, with six council members elected at large to four-year terms. At the state level, Oakley is represented by the California State Senate and Assembly, while federally it is represented by United States Senators Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris. The citizens of Oakley take an active role in selecting their representatives as well as influencing policy decisions through advocacy and participation in public meetings. Additionally, there are various special interest groups that work towards furthering their causes through engaging with local leaders. All of these factors contribute to an active political atmosphere in the city of Oakley that works to ensure both a vibrant culture and quality of life for all its residents.
The political climate in Oakley, 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
Oakley, 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.
Oakley, 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 Oakley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,158 contributions totaling $42,726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $43,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)