Sunol, California is a small unincorporated community located in Alameda County. Despite its small size, it has an active political presence in local government. Sunol is part of the Fremont Unified School District and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors oversees the area. In addition, the Sunol Water Temple Historic Landmark Committee serves to protect and maintain this iconic site for future generations. The Sunol Citizens Advisory Council works with all levels of local government to ensure that residents’ needs are heard and addressed. This council also provides advice on how best to improve the quality of life for local citizens. The nearby cities of Livermore and Pleasanton have their own councils to provide guidance on matters such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure projects, land use planning, and Downtown Revitalization efforts. Finally, there are numerous organizations providing support for members of the community who need assistance or who wish to become involved in advocacy or social justice issues. All these organizations work together to make sure that Sunol remains a safe, inviting place to live in and visit.
The political climate in Sunol, CA is moderately liberal.
Alameda County, CA is very liberal. In Alameda County, CA 79.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alameda county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.8% to 17.6%.
Alameda county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sunol, CA is moderately liberal.
Alameda 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.
Sunol, 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 Sunol, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,868 contributions totaling $3,563,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,332 contributions totaling $615,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)