East Palo Alto, CA 94303 is a diverse and vibrant community located in San Mateo County. The city has seen rapid growth over the past few years as more people have moved to the area to take advantage of its close proximity to Silicon Valley, great schools, and other amenities. Politically, East Palo Alto has been represented by numerous elected officials on the local, state, and federal levels. Locally, these representatives are responsible for advocating for policies that benefit residents of East Palo Alto and making sure that their voices are heard in decision-making processes. Statewide representatives from East Palo Alto serve on various boards and committees that focus on issues such as education, housing, public safety, healthcare reform, economic development, transportation infrastructure improvement initiatives, and other important community concerns. On the national level, East Palo Alto is represented in Congress by two Democrats: Jackie Speier and Anna Eshoo—both strong advocates for the East Palo Alto community. In addition to these representatives at all levels of government who are responsible for representing their constituents’ interests in policy making decisions, citizens of East Palo Alto also have several advocacy organizations dedicated to promoting progress within the community. These organizations strive to improve life in East Palo Alto through education initiatives, job training programs, support services for families with low incomes or those facing homelessness or eviction threats due to rising rents and changing economic conditions.
The political climate in Zip 94303 (East Palo Alto, 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 94303 (East Palo Alto, CA) is strongly liberal.
East Palo Alto, 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.
East Palo Alto, 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 94303 (East Palo Alto)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,254 contributions totaling $6,811,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 738 contributions totaling $379,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)