Located in East Contra Costa County, 94561 Oakley, CA is a city of over 34,000 residents. The city is governed by a 5-member City Council who are elected to serve for 4-year terms. The current mayor is Doug Hardcastle and the Vice Mayor is Kevin Romick. Each City Council Member represents a different district within the city but all have the same responsibility of attending to all issues that affect the citizens of Oakley. The City Council meets twice each month and holds public hearings on proposed legislation that affects local politics. In addition, citizens are encouraged to attend and provide input at these meetings. Oakley also has its own police department that serves to keep residents safe in their communities and works alongside other local law enforcement agencies. As an active participant in civic activities, the city of Oakley offers many opportunities for its citizens to get involved with political issues that impact their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 94561 (Oakley, CA) is strongly liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94561 (Oakley, CA) is strongly liberal.
Oakley, California is strongly liberal.
Contra Costa 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.
Oakley, 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 94561 (Oakley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 579 contributions totaling $21,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $21,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)