La Honda, CA, located in the coastal range of San Mateo County, is a small community with a population of around 1,000. The area is primarily rural, and many of the residents commute to nearby cities for work and entertainment. Political representation for the area is provided by several governmental bodies at the state and county level. At the state level there are two representatives from California's 18th Senate District who are responsible for representing La Honda’s interests in Sacramento. At the county level, La Honda is served by five county supervisors who govern San Mateo County. Local politics in La Honda primarily focuses on issues related to land use and zoning as this heavily impacted by regulations determined at both the state and county level.
The political climate in Zip 94020 (La Honda, 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 94020 (La Honda, CA) is strongly liberal.
La Honda, 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.
La Honda, 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 94020 (La Honda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,274 contributions totaling $74,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)