Redwood City, CA is a vibrant and lively city located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Politically, Redwood City is governed by a City Council consisting of seven members, including a mayor. Each council member is elected to serve for four-year terms. The local elections take place every two years, giving voters the opportunity to shape the future of their city. The current Mayor of Redwood City is John Seybert and he has been in office since 2018. Under his leadership, the city has seen significant improvements in public safety, economic development and education. In addition to that, Mayor Seybert has also worked hard to ensure that all citizens are being heard on issues such as housing affordability and environmental sustainability. Redwood City strives to be an inclusive and progressive place to live and work for all its residents.
The political climate in Redwood City, 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
Redwood City, 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.
Redwood City, 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 Redwood City, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,198 contributions totaling $15,361,717 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,667 contributions totaling $4,988,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)