The city of San Leandro, CA (94578) is an ethnically diverse community located in Northern California. In the city of San Leandro, local politics are important to the citizens and their quality of life. The City Council, comprised of seven members, is responsible for deciding the direction and policies in which the city runs. These elected officials serve four-year terms and represent each member’s district within the city council. Currently, Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter presides over the meetings, providing leadership and guidance for policy decisions. During these elections, local candidates work hard to make their cases as they strive to protect and benefit their constituents while maintaining a balance between social services, infrastructure maintenance, economic development initiatives, public safety programs as well as fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 94578 (San Leandro, CA) is very liberal.
Alameda County, CA is very liberal. In Alameda County, CA 79.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alameda county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.8% to 17.6%.
Alameda county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94578 (San Leandro, CA) is very liberal.
San Leandro, California is very liberal.
Alameda 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 Leandro, 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 94578 (San Leandro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,162 contributions totaling $80,352 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $6,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)