Redwood City, CA is located in San Mateo County and is the county seat. It has a population of 84,918, according to 2019 estimates. Politically, Redwood City is a Democratic stronghold with more than 70% registered Democrats. The city is represented on the state level primarily by Senator Jerry Hill and Assemblymember Kevin Mullin. At the local level, Mayor Ian Bain has been in office since 2017 and serves alongside councilmembers Alicia Aguirre, Giselle Hale, Claire Mack, Diane Howard-Dobler and Victor Vazquez. In addition to the Mayor and Council members, Redwood City also elects three representatives to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: Carole Groom (District 1), David Canepa (District 5) and Don Horsley (District 3). Collectively these elected officials help shape policies that promote a strong economy, safe streets and vibrant communities for all residents of Redwood City.
The political climate in Zip 94065 (Redwood City, 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 94065 (Redwood City, CA) is strongly liberal.
Redwood City, 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.
Redwood City, 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 94065 (Redwood City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,620 contributions totaling $1,791,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $129,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $844 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)