Kentfield is a small, relatively affluent town located in Marin County, California. Politically, the town has been historically conservative, with most of its residents voting for Republican candidates at both the state and federal levels. In recent years, however, that trend has shifted slightly towards more progressive values: local elections have seen a number of Democratic candidates winning office over their Republican rivals. In addition to these local races, Kentfield residents are also active participants in national politics; during the last presidential election cycle in 2016, over 75% of registered voters in Kentfield cast ballots. As Kentfield continues to grow and evolve as a community, its politics will undoubtedly shift and adapt as well.
The political climate in Kentfield, CA is moderately liberal.
Marin County, CA is very liberal. In Marin County, CA 82.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Marin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kentfield, CA is moderately liberal.
Marin 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.
Kentfield, 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 Kentfield, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,582 contributions totaling $2,989,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 718 contributions totaling $364,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $508 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)