El Granada is a small, coastal town located in San Mateo County, California. It is a popular area for outdoor activities due to its location near the ocean and several beautiful parks. Despite being a relatively small town, El Granada has an active political scene. Local elections take place every two years and are mainly focused on issues that affect the community such as housing and local development. In addition, the town works closely with larger nearby towns to ensure they are receiving adequate resources to meet their needs. While local candidates don't always make it into the national spotlight, they are still passionate about representing their constituents in El Granada and making sure the needs of their citizens are met.
The political climate in El Granada, 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
El Granada, 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.
El Granada, 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 El Granada, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,309 contributions totaling $853,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 587 contributions totaling $561,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $957 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)