Half Moon Bay, CA is a small coastal city located in San Mateo County. As a part of the United States, it has its own local politics. The city is managed by an elected mayor and five council members who represent the residents' interests. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous committees that oversee various aspects of the community such as public safety, infrastructure development and tourism. All of these committees are made up of residents who volunteer their time to ensure Half Moon Bay runs smoothly. The local political scene has become increasingly active in recent years and there are many different candidates running for office each election cycle. These candidates come from all political backgrounds and represent a wide variety of interests in order to best serve the needs of the community.
The political climate in Zip 94019 (Half Moon Bay, 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 94019 (Half Moon Bay, CA) is strongly liberal.
Half Moon Bay, 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.
Half Moon Bay, 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 94019 (Half Moon Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,309 contributions totaling $853,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 587 contributions totaling $561,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $957 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)