The town of Portola Valley, CA is a small, affluent community located in San Mateo County. Although the town's population of 4,400 people may be considered small on a national scale, its residents are very engaged in local politics and take part in important political decisions. The Town Council makes all major policy decisions for the community and meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the community. In addition to this, local elections are held every two years to elect representatives to the Town Council. Residents have the opportunity to cast their votes for candidates who will represent their interests and make informed decisions on their behalf. All citizens over 18 are eligible to vote in these elections and everyone has a chance to make their voice heard when it comes to deciding the fate of Portola Valley.
The political climate in Zip 94028 (Portola Valley, 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 94028 (Portola Valley, CA) is strongly liberal.
Portola Valley, 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.
Portola Valley, 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 94028 (Portola Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,018 contributions totaling $18,548,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,543 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 657 contributions totaling $1,064,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)