The politics of 95127 San Jose, CA are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. This is evident in recent elections, with Democrat officials taking office in the local city government. In addition to the municipal politics of San Jose, the district is also a part of the larger Santa Clara County and California State political systems. As such, it is important for residents of the district to be informed on their representatives at both levels of government. These representatives can influence decision-making that directly affects 95127 San Jose, CA through legislation and policy proposals. It is also important that voters stay up to date on current issues and upcoming elections so they can make informed decisions when they go to cast their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 95127 (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 95127 (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 95127 (San Jose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,178 contributions totaling $147,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 402 contributions totaling $39,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)