Danville, California is a small town located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay area. It is known as an affluent community that has a strong sense of pride and tradition. The politics in Danville are fairly conservative and have been since it was established as a town in 1982. The City Council consists of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. They are responsible for making decisions related to the city's budget, taxes, zoning, public safety, parks and recreation areas, among other things. In addition to the City Council, there is also a Mayor who presides over meetings and serves as a representative for the city both at home and abroad. Danville residents have consistently shown their support for local initiatives such as investing in infrastructure projects, reducing crime rates, and protecting open spaces from development. Local elections often draw big crowds with many citizens taking part in the democratic process.
The political climate in Danville, 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
Danville, 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.
Danville, 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 Danville, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,769 contributions totaling $3,624,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,492 contributions totaling $5,192,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)