Walnut Creek, CA is a city located in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a vibrant and active political life, with numerous organizations engaged in political activity. Local elections draw significant levels of involvement from both residents and candidates running for office. On the local level, Walnut Creek is governed by a City Council composed of five members who are elected at-large to staggered four-year terms. The City Council meets twice monthly to discuss important issues and proposals affecting the community, such as public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and other matters of local concern. In addition to the City Council, there are several other local government entities that serve the citizens of Walnut Creek. These include various boards and commissions appointed by City Council as well as departments representing different aspects of city life. All these groups together work hard to ensure that Walnut Creek remains an excellent place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Walnut Creek, CA is moderately 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
Walnut Creek, CA is moderately 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.
Walnut Creek, 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 Walnut Creek, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53,751 contributions totaling $6,712,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,570 contributions totaling $8,460,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)