Livermore, CA is an area that is proud of its vibrant politics. The city council consists of five members and the mayor, who are all elected by the local citizens to serve four year terms. Each year, candidates from a variety of political affiliations put their names in for consideration to hold a seat on the city council or as mayor. The candidates come from a range of backgrounds and have different ideas about how to best serve the residents living in Livermore. Election season is an exciting time for locals who get to decide which candidate will make the most impact on their community and lead it forward.
The political climate in Livermore, 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
Livermore, 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.
Livermore, 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 Livermore, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,134 contributions totaling $2,258,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,347 contributions totaling $487,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)