Fruitdale, CA is a small community located along the coast of Northern California. The town is known for its diverse population with residents from all walks of life. It is home to a variety of local businesses and services designed to meet the needs of the community. Politically, the town has been dominated by progressives for some time now. They have advocated for more affordable housing, higher wages and greater access to healthcare for all members of the community. In recent elections, Fruitdale citizens have voted in favor of progressive causes like increasing minimum wage and protecting important environmental protections. Local political candidates often focus on empowering working class people and ensuring that everyone in Fruitdale is given equal opportunity to succeed.
The political climate in Fruitdale, CA is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fruitdale, CA is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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.
Fruitdale, 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 Fruitdale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,399 contributions totaling $260,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 477 contributions totaling $62,458 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)