Hillsborough is a small, affluent town located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is home to numerous businesses, parks, and residential areas. The town is governed by a five-member Town Council, who are all elected at large to serve four-year terms. The current Mayor of Hillsborough is Roger Bradley. He was first elected into office in 2016 and is running for re-election this year. Local politics in Hillsborough often revolve around issues such as public safety, traffic congestion, and housing affordability. The Town Council works with the local community to ensure that any new policies or initiatives are reflective of the needs of the citizens. In addition to its local government leadership, Hillsborough has representatives in both state Assembly districts and US congressional districts. These legislators are responsible for supporting legislation related to their constituents’ concerns. Overall, residents of Hillsborough value their community and take an active role in local government affairs and initiatives.
The political climate in Hillsborough, 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
Hillsborough, 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.
Hillsborough, 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 Hillsborough, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,814 contributions totaling $16,219,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,801 contributions totaling $3,927,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,033 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)