Fremont, California is a vibrant city located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Politically, the city is part of Alameda County and votes in both state and federal elections. The current mayor of Fremont is Lily Mei, who was elected in 2016; she is a member of the Democratic party. In addition to Mayor Mei, there are several other local politicians representing Fremont in various roles at the county level, including city council members and county supervisors. There are several issues that local politicians focus on when it comes to Fremont’s politics, such as economic development, social services, public safety, education and infrastructure investment. Additionally, many local politicians are dedicated to ensuring that all citizens have access to basic rights and services regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
The political climate in Fremont, CA is strongly 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
Fremont, CA is strongly 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.
Fremont, 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 Fremont, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,646 contributions totaling $1,896,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,469 contributions totaling $344,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)