The politics of 94580 San Lorenzo, CA are heavily influenced by local and state political decisions. This is mainly due to the population size, which is 42,598 people according to the 2019 United States Census Bureau. As a part of Alameda County, San Lorenzo residents are represented in Congress by Eric Swalwell (D-CA 15th District) and Barbara Lee (D-CA 13th District). On the state level, they are represented by Rob Bonta (AD-18th District) and Mary Hayashi (AD-20th District). In addition to these elected officials, there are also many local politicians who focus on issues concerning San Lorenzo alone. Local elections take place every year where residents vote for their representatives in the city council and mayor's office. These representatives work together to make sure that all of the citizens in San Lorenzo have their voices heard in decisions being made at a local level.
The political climate in Zip 94580 (San Lorenzo, 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 94580 (San Lorenzo, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Lorenzo, 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 Lorenzo, 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 94580 (San Lorenzo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 816 contributions totaling $70,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $12,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)