East Palo Alto, CA is a diverse community located in San Mateo County that has been constantly growing since its incorporation in 1983. Despite its small size, it is an important political hub and plays a crucial role in Bay Area politics. The city is served by an elected mayor and four council members who work to represent the interests of their constituents. This includes working on issues such as affordable housing, economic development, public safety, sustainability initiatives, and much more. The East Palo Alto City Council also works closely with state and county representatives to ensure the best outcomes for the community. In addition to local politics, East Palo Alto residents are often involved in advocacy efforts for social justice initiatives that create positive change around the country.
The political climate in East Palo Alto, CA is strongly liberal.
San Mateo County, CA is very liberal. In San Mateo County, CA 77.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Mateo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.9% to 20.2%.
San Mateo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Palo Alto, CA is strongly liberal.
San Mateo 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.
East Palo Alto, 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 East Palo Alto, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,254 contributions totaling $6,811,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 738 contributions totaling $379,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)