Oakland, CA is located in Alameda County and has a vibrant political landscape. The city government consists of the Mayor, City Council Members, Auditor, City Attorney, and City Administrator. The current Mayor is Libby Schaaf and the City Council Members are Abel Guillen, Rebecca Kaplan, Dan Kalb, Noel Gallo, Desley Brooks, Larry Reid, and Annie Campbell Washington. Oakland has long held progressive values and works to make sure the voices of all residents are heard. The city invests in community engagement initiatives and works to ensure all residents have access to resources they need to thrive. A number of local organizations promote civic engagement among Oakland residents by holding workshops and forums on pressing issues impacting the city. For example, the Oakland Community Coalition focuses on creating equitable policies that address specific needs for each neighborhood in Oakland. There are also multiple ballot initiatives on important topics such as rent control that affect the lives of many Oaklanders each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 94611 (Oakland, 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 94611 (Oakland, CA) is strongly liberal.
Oakland, 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.
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 94611 (Oakland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57,627 contributions totaling $8,016,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,503 contributions totaling $888,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $591 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)