Antioch, California is a city located in the East Contra Costa County. The city is served by the Antioch City Council, which consists of five members elected at-large to represent the citizens of the city. The mayor and council members are responsible for creating laws, setting city policies, passing ordinances, and developing a budget for public services. As such, local politics in Antioch are focused on issues related to public safety, infrastructure maintenance and development, economic growth and development, environmental protection, social services, and overall quality of life. Additionally, the City Council works with state and federal representatives to ensure that their constituents’ needs are addressed in a timely manner. Local elections occur regularly and residents of the area have various opportunities to become involved in politics through local political campaigns or advocacy organizations.
The political climate in Antioch, 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
Antioch, 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.
Antioch, 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 Antioch, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,134 contributions totaling $567,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,988 contributions totaling $239,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)