The city of Fremont, California is located in Alameda County and has a population of around 220,000 people. The city is governed by a five-member council elected from four wards within the city, with the mayor being elected at large. Each council member serves a four-year term and there have been several local political candidates running for office in the last few years. Some of the major issues facing Fremont include public safety, housing affordability, and economic development. The current mayor is Lily Mei who was elected to her third term in 2018 and has worked hard to address many of the issues facing the city such as crime, homelessness, and job creation. Local political candidate campaigns have focused on issues such as improving public safety, creating more affordable housing options, and encouraging economic growth. In addition to these key topics, candidates also often focus on environmental sustainability efforts that are important to residents of Fremont.
The political climate in Zip 94536 (Fremont, CA) is strongly liberal.
Alameda County, CA is very liberal. In Alameda County, CA 79.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alameda county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.8% to 17.6%.
Alameda county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94536 (Fremont, CA) is strongly liberal.
Fremont, California is strongly liberal.
Alameda 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.
Fremont, 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 zip 94536 (Fremont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,985 contributions totaling $521,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 452 contributions totaling $50,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)