San Carlos, CA is a small city located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of around 29,000 people and is known for its vibrant downtown scene and great quality of life. While San Carlos does not have any local political candidates running for office, it is still an active participant in California politics. The city takes part in a number of state-level initiatives such as environmental protection, renewable energy production, and economic development. It also works to maintain strong ties with its county and regional government partners by advocating on behalf of its citizens and ensuring that their needs are met effectively. San Carlos also remains up-to-date on important issues such as immigration reform and health care access. All in all, San Carlos can be seen as an engaged member of the political landscape in California, despite the lack of local candidates for office.
The political climate in San Carlos, CA is moderately 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 Carlos, CA is moderately 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 Carlos, 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 Carlos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,361 contributions totaling $5,879,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 818 contributions totaling $284,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)