The politics in 94551 Livermore, CA are largely determined by the local and state government. There is a City Council that is elected to represent the interests of the citizens in their district, and they make decisions on issues such as budgeting, infrastructure, development, and public safety. At the state level, California has two senators and numerous representatives who make up the state legislature. Both local and state governments have representatives from both political parties working together to create policies that benefit the citizens of Livermore. Residents of Livermore also have direct access to their representatives at all levels of government through town hall meetings, email campaigns, phone calls or other forms of communication. It is important for residents to be informed about current issues and get involved in their community in order to ensure they are represented properly.
The political climate in Zip 94551 (Livermore, CA) is strongly 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 94551 (Livermore, CA) is strongly liberal.
Livermore, California is strongly 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.
Livermore, 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 94551 (Livermore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,618 contributions totaling $202,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 551 contributions totaling $76,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)