San Jose, CA 95148 is one of the largest cities in the state of California. As such, it has a vibrant political scene that is heavily contested during election cycles. At both the local and state level, many candidates compete for votes within the city's boundaries. The races can sometimes be heated affairs with numerous candidates vying for office at different levels of government.
At the local level, San Jose residents are represented by a mayor who is elected every two years as well as several city council members who are responsible for their districts within the city limits. There is also a county supervisor and other elected officials who represent San Jose on a larger scale. In addition to these representatives, San Jose voters elect school board members to serve on the board of education as well as various judges from both state and federal court systems. San Jose residents also have access to their congressional representatives in Washington D.C., allowing them to stay up-to-date on important issues facing their community and country at large.
The political climate in Zip 95148 (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 95148 (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 95148 (San Jose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $133,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $20,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)