Foster City, California is a vibrant coastal community located in San Mateo County. The city is governed by a five-member City Council elected at-large by the citizens of Foster City. The Council sets policies, adopts ordinances, approves budgets and appoints the City Manager. The City Council also works closely with the community to ensure that local services are provided in an efficient and cost effective manner. In addition to this role, the City Council also serves as a forum for public discourse on major issues facing the city and its residents. Recent issues have included traffic congestion, affordable housing, water conservation and sustainability initiatives. Through its commitment to strong leadership and civic engagement, Foster City continues to be an attractive place to live for all who call it home.
The political climate in Foster City, 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
Foster City, 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.
Foster City, 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 Foster City, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,647 contributions totaling $457,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 548 contributions totaling $411,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $752 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)