The city of San Leandro, CA (94577) is home to a diverse and vibrant population of over 89,000 people. It has a strong sense of community that is reflected in its politics. The City Council serves as the elected legislative body for the City, while the Mayor is the Chief Executive Officer. The City Council meets regularly to discuss and debate important issues facing the City, such as creating better job opportunities, improving public safety, and increasing recreational amenities. Elections are held for members of the City Council every two years. Local voters have several options when it comes to political candidates and can support their favorite candidate through endorsements or donations. San Leandro residents also have access to a variety of other political organizations such as local political clubs and interest groups that work together to make positive changes in our community.
The political climate in Zip 94577 (San Leandro, CA) is strongly liberal.
Alameda County, CA is very liberal. In Alameda County, CA 79.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alameda county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.8% to 17.6%.
Alameda county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94577 (San Leandro, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Leandro, California is strongly liberal.
Alameda County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley 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 Leandro, 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 94577 (San Leandro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,308 contributions totaling $327,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 434 contributions totaling $60,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)