The politics of the 94938 Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA area are largely reflective of the liberal ideals that are prominent throughout California. The area is heavily Democratic in voting patterns, with constituents regularly supporting progressive candidates and policies at all levels of government. Local political events focus on issues such as environmental protection, access to quality education for all children, support for small businesses, and workers rights. The majority of voters also back measures to protect civil rights and oppose any attempts at suppressing them. Politicians representing this region have generally been supportive of social programs and renewable energy initiatives while promoting responsible economic development in order to create more employment opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 94938 (Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA) is strongly liberal.
Marin County, CA is very liberal. In Marin County, CA 82.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Marin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94938 (Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA) is strongly liberal.
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California is strongly liberal.
Marin 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.
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, 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 94938 (Lagunitas-Forest Knolls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 514 contributions totaling $23,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $3,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)