Los Gatos, California is a small town located in Santa Clara County with a population of around 30,000 people. Los Gatos has a vibrant political landscape that is run by the local government. The Mayor of Los Gatos is Steven Leonardi and his team of four other city council members governs the town. The team works together to make decisions that affect the citizens living in Los Gatos. In addition to the Mayor and Council Members, there are several other local political candidates running for office. These candidates are all looking to bring their unique perspectives on how to best serve the residents of Los Gatos. From providing affordable housing to creating more recreational opportunities for families, each candidate brings something different and exciting that could benefit the community if elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 95030 (Los Gatos, CA) is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95030 (Los Gatos, CA) is strongly liberal.
Los Gatos, California is strongly liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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.
Los Gatos, 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 95030 (Los Gatos)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,890 contributions totaling $2,203,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $451 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 593 contributions totaling $379,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)