Alum Rock, CA is a small town located in the Bay Area of California. The town is represented by a few local political officials who are elected to serve the community. These local politicians have an important role in representing the interests of the people living in Alum Rock and making decisions that affect their lives. They often work with state and federal representatives to ensure that their constituents get the best possible outcomes from policy decisions. In addition to advocating for their constituents, local politicians can also provide assistance to Alum Rock residents on issues such as housing, health care, education, transportation, and more. The politics of Alum Rock are an important part of its civic life and help ensure that the best interests of its citizens are being met.
The political climate in Alum Rock, 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
Alum Rock, 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.
Alum Rock, 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 Alum Rock, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,941 contributions totaling $194,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 492 contributions totaling $50,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)