The politics in 95113 San Jose, CA are heavily influenced by the local government of Santa Clara County. The area is represented in Congress by Ro Khanna, and in the State Senate by Senator Dave Cortese and Bob Wieckowski. Locally, the City Council of San Jose has nine members including Mayor Sam Liccardo who oversee the city's affairs. The city also has many progressive organizations that support and promote a wide range of political issues such as social justice, immigration reform, environmentalism, education reform, and living wages. The local population is politically diverse with both liberal and conservative ideologies represented. Residents often come together to voice their concerns through community meetings or protests. Civic engagement is high in this area as it offers plenty of opportunities for citizens to participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 95113 (San Jose, CA) is very liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95113 (San Jose, CA) is very liberal.
San Jose, California is very liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 Jose, 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 95113 (San Jose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 553 contributions totaling $197,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $9,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)