Danville, CA is a small town located in the San Francisco Bay Area with an approximate population of 42,000 people. As a result, it is no surprise that the politics in the city are fairly localized and heavily focused on local issues. The Mayor of Danville is Newell Arnerich, who was elected in 2018. He has made efforts to ensure that Danville remains a safe and desirable place to live by improving the infrastructure and services available to residents, such as increased public transportation options and traffic safety measures. Additionally, there are four City Council members who are elected at large for four-year terms: Robert Perkins, Renata Sos, Karen Stepper, and Mike Doyle. All are dedicated to representing the interests of their constituents while ensuring the fiscal health of the city. During election season in 94526 Danville, CA residents can expect to see these individuals campaigning around town for their re-election bids or working to support initiatives they find important.
The political climate in Zip 94526 (Danville, 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 94526 (Danville, CA) is moderately liberal.
Danville, 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.
Danville, 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 94526 (Danville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,088 contributions totaling $740,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,113 contributions totaling $354,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)