The politics in the 95117 zip code of San Jose, CA are largely influenced by local and state elections. The area is part of the 20th district for the California State Assembly and is represented by Evan Low, a Democrat who has held the office since 2014. On the national level, the area is represented by Congressman Ro Khanna in Congress. He has held his spot since 2017 and works to promote progressive causes such as environmental protection, gun reform, and better access to healthcare. In addition to these representatives, there are several local elected offices such as Mayor Sam Liccardo, City Attorney Rick Doyle, and City Council members Sergio Jimenez and Raul Peralez. These politicians all work together to ensure that individuals living in 95117 have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 95117 (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 95117 (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 95117 (San Jose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,454 contributions totaling $127,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $26,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)