Colma, California is a small town located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is home to a diverse population, but its local political scene is not very active. Colma is one of the few cities in California that does not have an elected mayor or city council. Instead, the people of Colma are represented by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors who are the county’s decision-makers for local matters such as taxes and public safety policies. The Board of Supervisors consists of five members who are elected by the citizens of San Mateo County. Although there are no local elections in Colma, voters in this town still have a say on which members they would like to represent them at the county level.
The political climate in Colma, CA is strongly 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
Colma, CA is strongly 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.
Colma, 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 Colma, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,903 contributions totaling $715,193 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 579 contributions totaling $72,538 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)