El Sobrante is a small town in Contra Costa County, California. It is home to a diverse population and is part of the larger East Bay Area. Politically, El Sobrante is an independent city, but its politics closely align with those of the surrounding county. The primary local political parties are Democrat and Republican, although there are several smaller candidate-supporting groups represented in the community. These include the El Sobrante Democratic Club, The Green Party of Contra Costa County, and various Independents. In addition to these different political groups, there are also numerous volunteer organizations that help promote civic engagement in El Sobrante. With so many passionate and engaged citizens, El Sobrante has become a thriving community that values cooperation and open dialogue between all sides of any political debate or situation.
The political climate in El Sobrante (Contra Costa County), CA is strongly 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
El Sobrante (Contra Costa County), CA is strongly 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.
El Sobrante (Contra Costa County), 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 El Sobrante (Contra Costa County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,450 contributions totaling $239,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $32,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)