Oakland, CA 94608 is a diverse and vibrant city with active political participation from its residents. At the local level, Oakland has a City Council that consists of eight members elected by district to represent their constituents. The City Council is responsible for making policy decisions on behalf of Oakland’s nearly 420,000 residents. Additionally, Mayor Libby Schaaf is the executive leader of the city and manages the daily operations of local government. In addition to these two governing bodies, Oakland also has several community-led organizations and initiatives that are actively engaged in advocating for policies that will improve the quality of life for all Oaklanders. These efforts are vitally important as they ensure that everyone’s voices and perspectives are heard in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 94608 (Oakland, CA) is very 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 94608 (Oakland, CA) is very liberal.
Oakland, California is very 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.
Oakland, 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 94608 (Oakland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,610 contributions totaling $786,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $171,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $702 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)