Los Gatos, CA in zip code 95033 is an affluent area located in the Silicon Valley of California. It is known for its high quality of living and access to many recreational activities. Politically speaking, Los Gatos is part of the 21st congressional district which is represented by Democrat Zoe Lofgren in the House of Representatives. At the state level, it is part of the 28th senatorial district that is represented by Senators Jerry Hill and Jim Beall who are both Democrats. At the local level, Los Gatos falls within Santa Clara County's 3rd Supervisorial District and is currently represented by Supervisor Joe Simitian who is a Democrat. This district also oversees 12 other cities in California including Santa Cruz, Saratoga, Cupertino, and Sunnyvale. Los Gatos residents have consistently voted along Democratic lines in presidential elections since 1992.
The political climate in Zip 95033 (Los Gatos, CA) is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, CA 78.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 78.4% to 18.5%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95033 (Los Gatos, CA) is moderately liberal.
Los Gatos, California is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, California is very liberal.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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.
Los Gatos, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 95033 (Los Gatos)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,088 contributions totaling $409,956 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $78,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)