The 95119 zip code of San Jose, part of the larger Silicon Valley area, is an important political center in California. The city of San Jose is home to many key state and local government offices and buildings including the Mayor's Office, the City Council Chambers, and several branches of local government agencies. Politically speaking, San Jose is a majority Democratic city, with many elected representatives at various levels of government who are members of the Democratic Party. In recent elections, most candidates running for office in 95119 have been Democrats. At the same time, the area has seen more diverse representation at all levels of public office in recent years. As such, it remains important for voters to stay engaged with their local politics and make sure their voices are heard on important issues facing the city and region.
The political climate in Zip 95119 (San Jose, CA) is strongly 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 95119 (San Jose, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Jose, California is strongly 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 95119 (San Jose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,049 contributions totaling $71,316 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $11,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)