The city of El Cerrito, located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, is a culturally diverse and vibrant community. It is home to many ethnic backgrounds and cultures, as well as an active political scene. The city takes part in state and local elections, with candidates from both major political parties running for office. El Cerrito residents also have the opportunity to get involved in a number of local organizations, ranging from civic clubs to environmental advocacy groups. In addition to its involvement in state and local politics, El Cerrito residents can also voice their opinions on important issues through participation in town hall meetings and other public forums. Through these channels, citizens can make their voices heard and help shape the decisions made by their city officials.
The political climate in El Cerrito, CA is strongly liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
El Cerrito, CA is strongly liberal.
Contra Costa 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.
El Cerrito, 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 El Cerrito, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,235 contributions totaling $1,167,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 633 contributions totaling $66,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)