The politics in 94544 Hayward, CA are an interesting mix of local and national issues. At the local level, there are several City Council members and other elected officials that serve the constituents of this area. Their main focus is on improving quality of life for those who live here and to ensure efficient delivery of city services. At the state level, the elected representatives are focused on finding solutions to issues such as affordable housing, health care reform, infrastructure improvement, education policy reform, and ensuring economic growth. Finally, at the national level, they strive to address topics such as immigration reform and foreign policy initiatives. Regardless of their political affiliation or beliefs, all of these officials work together for the benefit of their constituents in 94544 Hayward, CA.
The political climate in Zip 94544 (Hayward, CA) is very 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 94544 (Hayward, CA) is very liberal.
Hayward, California is very 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.
Hayward, 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 94544 (Hayward)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,892 contributions totaling $133,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $28,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)