Martinez, CA is a small city located in Contra Costa County. It has a long history of political engagement and activism stretching back to the early 20th century. Martinez is well known for its strong advocacy for social and environmental justice, particularly on issues such as housing, public transportation, and education. The city is represented in Congress by two Democrats - Representative Mark DeSaulnier and Senator Diane Feinstein. In addition to these representatives from the federal level, Martinez also has elected local officials from both major political parties that are responsible for making decisions about services and infrastructure throughout the city. Local candidates often focus on issues such as crime prevention, economic development, affordable housing, public safety, environmental protection, and educational reform. Martinez citizens are proud of their long-standing commitment to civic engagement and participation in the democratic process.
The political climate in Martinez, CA is moderately 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
Martinez, CA is moderately 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.
Martinez, 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 Martinez, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,680 contributions totaling $4,090,483 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,718 contributions totaling $951,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)