Emerald Lake Hills, CA is a small town located in the Bay area with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The city is governed by a government council that works collaboratively to ensure that the needs of all citizens are met. The local political arena is quite diverse and vibrant, with many engaged members of the community running for public office each election cycle. There are several candidates running for various positions on the City Council this year, including mayors and other elected officials such as Members of Parliament and Assembly Representatives. These candidates have varying backgrounds and philosophies, giving citizens an array of choices when it comes to who will represent them on the governing body. As civic engagement continues to be a priority in Emerald Lake Hills, elections can be expected to remain competitive and exciting.
The political climate in Emerald Lake Hills, CA is moderately 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
Emerald Lake Hills, CA is moderately 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.
Emerald Lake Hills, 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 Emerald Lake Hills, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,874 contributions totaling $7,942,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $617 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,563 contributions totaling $3,572,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)