Belmont, California is a small city located in San Mateo County in the Bay Area. It is known for its vibrant culture and thriving local businesses. Politically, Belmont is strongly liberal and has consistently supported Democratic candidates in nearly all recent elections. The majority of the population identifies as progressive and works to elect officials who best represent their values. In the most recent election, Belmont voters overwhelmingly supported Andrew Yang for President and continued to show strong support for experienced Democratic candidates at the state level. Many of these elected officials have long-standing ties to the community and actively work to bring about positive change on issues such as healthcare, education, and climate change.
The political climate in Zip 94002 (Belmont, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Mateo County, CA is very liberal. In San Mateo County, CA 77.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Mateo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.9% to 20.2%.
San Mateo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94002 (Belmont, CA) is strongly liberal.
Belmont, California is strongly liberal.
San Mateo 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.
Belmont, 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 94002 (Belmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,495 contributions totaling $604,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 439 contributions totaling $337,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $769 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)