The city of Castro Valley in Alameda County, California is primarily governed by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors under state law. The Board of Supervisors is composed of five members who are elected by the citizens of the county to serve four-year terms. Currently, Supervisor Richard Valle serves District 1, which includes Castro Valley. He has been in office since 2012 and works with county staff to ensure that residents have access to necessary services such as healthcare, public safety, and transportation. In addition to county representation, Castro Valley is also represented at the state level by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan. She was first elected in 2018 and serves on various committees related to local government and environmental protection. Both representatives prioritize working with community organizations to bring resources and programs to Castro Valley residents.
The political climate in Zip 94546 (Castro Valley, 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 94546 (Castro Valley, CA) is strongly liberal.
Castro Valley, 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.
Castro Valley, 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 94546 (Castro Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,376 contributions totaling $423,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 451 contributions totaling $94,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)