San Ramon, CA is a diverse and vibrant city located in California's East Bay region. Politically, the city is represented by various local elected officials at both the state and county levels. On the state level, San Ramon is represented in the California State Assembly by Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and in the California State Senate by Steve Glazer. At the county level, San Ramon is part of Contra Costa County's 5th Supervisorial District and is represented by Federal Glover. In 2020, San Ramon citizens voted overwhelmingly to approve local measures Measure T and U. These measures focused on improving public safety infrastructure and providing additional funding for essential services for communities in need. With such measures focused on helping residents of San Ramon, it shows how local politics shapes the community as a whole, making it a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 94582 (San Ramon, 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
Zip 94582 (San Ramon, CA) is moderately liberal.
San Ramon, California 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.
San Ramon, 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 94582 (San Ramon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,982 contributions totaling $279,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $54,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)