The city of Pacifica, CA is a small coastal town located in San Mateo County along the Pacific Coast Highway. With a population of 37,234 as of 2019, it is an important place for Californians to go to get away from the hustle and bustle of more urban areas. The politics in Pacifica are largely influenced by the city’s conservative population and are mainly focused on the improvement of public safety, education, and other local issues. Pacifica is represented at all levels of government including county board supervisors and state assembly members who work together with local officials to address community needs. Every year, voters have the opportunity to select their representatives in municipal elections. In addition, residents can also voice their opinion through referendums or initiatives that help shape policy for their community.
The political climate in Zip 94044 (Pacifica, 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 94044 (Pacifica, CA) is strongly liberal.
Pacifica, 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.
Pacifica, 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 94044 (Pacifica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,197 contributions totaling $430,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 316 contributions totaling $44,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)