San Francisco, CA County is a highly populated and diverse location that has seen its fair share of political change over the years. It has been a major hub for progressive politics since the 1960s, with many liberal policies being enacted by local officials. The current mayor, London Breed, was elected in 2018 and is continuing the tradition of liberal thought in San Francisco. Other notable political figures such as Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, and Gavin Newsom have all held office in San Francisco at one point or another. There are numerous local political candidates for various offices throughout the county who are working to make a difference and ensure that progressive values remain strong in San Francisco.
The political climate in San Francisco County, CA is very liberal.
In San Francisco County, CA 85.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Francisco county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 85.3% to 12.7%.
San Francisco county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Francisco County, CA 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.
San Francisco, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 San Francisco County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296,977 contributions totaling $244,561,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $824 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,159 contributions totaling $28,445,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)