The politics in 94037 Montara, CA are driven by the local government, which consists of a City Council made up of five elected members who serve four-year terms. The City Council is responsible for creating policy and making decisions on behalf of the local citizens. The city also has a Mayor who acts as the head of the City Council and serves as the spokesperson for the local government. In addition, there are a number of committees that work to address various issues facing the community. Local candidates running for office in Montara must be registered with the California Secretary of State and must meet all requirements established by law. Elections are held every two years to select new members for both the City Council and Mayor positions.
The political climate in Zip 94037 (Montara, 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 94037 (Montara, CA) is strongly liberal.
Montara, 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.
Montara, 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 94037 (Montara)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 832 contributions totaling $124,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $17,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)