94116 San Francisco, CA is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. The city government consists of a mayor, eleven district supervisors, and several other elected officials who work together to govern the city. Local issues involve topics ranging from housing affordability to public transportation and climate change. Every four years, residents in 94116 can cast their vote to select the candidates that will represent them in local politics. In recent years, progressive-leaning Democrats have dominated the political landscape in San Francisco, with many of the current officeholders having been elected on platforms that focus on social justice issues and environmental sustainability. As the population continues to grow in 94116, it will be important for all constituents to be engaged in local politics so their voices can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 94116 (San Francisco, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Francisco County, CA is very liberal. In San Francisco County, CA 85.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Francisco county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 85.3% to 12.7%.
San Francisco county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94116 (San Francisco, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Francisco, California is strongly liberal.
San Francisco 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.
San Francisco, 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 94116 (San Francisco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,886 contributions totaling $1,262,662 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 544 contributions totaling $51,193 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)