North Richmond, California is a small city located in Contra Costa County. It has a diverse population of about 11,000 people and is a tight-knit community with strong connections to its neighbors in the neighboring cities. The political climate in North Richmond is shaped by the local government, which consists of a five-member city council responsible for making policy decisions that impact the city residents. Recent issues up for discussion have included housing affordability, public safety, and educational investment. Local candidates running for office reflect the changing interests of the constituents, with some focusing on economic development while others focus on social services and environmental protection. North Richmond's commitment to progressive change and municipal growth through increased civic engagement makes it an ideal place to live and work.
The political climate in North Richmond, CA is very 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
North Richmond, CA is very 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.
North Richmond, 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 North Richmond, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,088 contributions totaling $861,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 477 contributions totaling $158,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)