Woodside, CA is a small town located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town is known for its rural atmosphere and rolling hills. Politics in Woodside is largely focused on local issues, such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Local politicians are committed to working together to promote the welfare of the community and ensure that all citizens benefit from their decisions. Elections are held every two years and feature candidates who promise to serve their constituents with integrity and respect. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss and evaluate issues that affect the local population. They also work closely with state and federal representatives to ensure that the needs of Woodside residents are being met. In addition, they work with community groups to find solutions to problems that affect the whole town.
The political climate in Woodside, 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
Woodside, 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.
Woodside, 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 Woodside, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28,406 contributions totaling $24,433,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $860 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,311 contributions totaling $7,110,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)