Foster City, CA is a large city located in San Mateo County. It is home to a diverse population of over 30,000 people and is the 17th most populated city in the county. The local government consists of a city council made up of five elected members who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Sam Hindi. The city council meets monthly to discuss important issues such as zoning, budgeting, and economic development. Issues of public safety are also discussed regularly and the Foster City Police Department works closely with the council on these matters. In addition to these topics, local politics also focus on promoting civic engagement through events such as volunteer programs and community forums which allow residents to voice their opinions and concerns about the city’s future.
The political climate in Zip 94404 (Foster City, 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 94404 (Foster City, CA) is strongly liberal.
Foster City, 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.
Foster City, 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 94404 (Foster City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,647 contributions totaling $457,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 548 contributions totaling $411,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $752 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)