95135 San Jose, CA is a diverse area located in the heart of Silicon Valley. It has been an integral part of California's politics for many years, with its residents actively participating in local and state politics. Each election season, the citizens of 95135 San Jose are presented a variety of options when it comes to selecting their representation. They have a choice between candidates from various political parties, ranging from Democratic to Republican and Libertarian. In addition to voting for their preferred candidate, citizens can also become active by volunteering for campaigns they support or attending town hall meetings regarding local issues that are important to them. By engaging in this way, residents can shape the future of their city and ensure that their voices are heard on both a local and state level.
The political climate in Zip 95135 (San Jose, CA) is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95135 (San Jose, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Jose, California is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 Jose, 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 95135 (San Jose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,766 contributions totaling $267,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 328 contributions totaling $47,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)