San Leandro, CA is a vibrant city located in the East Bay region of California. The city is home to a diverse range of political views and interests, which are represented by the many different organizations and advocacy groups that operate throughout the area. San Leandro boasts strong support from local politicians and community members who strive to ensure that its citizens remain informed about current issues and upcoming elections. On the national level, San Leandro is represented by Rep. Barbara Lee in Congress and Senator Dianne Feinstein in the Senate. At the state level, Assembly member Rob Bonta represents San Leandro alongside State Senator Nancy Skinner in Sacramento. Locally, San Leandro residents are served by Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter, Vice Mayor Corina Lopez, Councilmembers Pete Ballew, Marsha Grilli-Salgado, Deborah Cox and Victor Aguilar Jr., as well as City Clerk Marian Handa on the city council. Through their commitment to representing citizens’ needs at all levels of government, these elected officials are actively working to ensure a strong future for San Leandro.
The political climate in San Leandro, CA is strongly liberal.
Alameda County, CA is very liberal. In Alameda County, CA 79.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alameda county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.8% to 17.6%.
Alameda county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Leandro, CA is strongly liberal.
Alameda 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 Leandro, 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 Leandro, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,112 contributions totaling $848,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,194 contributions totaling $145,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)