The city of San Mateo, California is located in San Mateo County and its zip code is 94401. It has a population of just over 100,000 people and has a diverse range of political views and opinions. In the last local election, the mayoralty was won by current Mayor Joe Goethals while the other three city council members were incumbents including Brad Lafferty, Maureen Freschet and David Lim. Each year, the city organizes several debates among all candidates running for office to discuss their plans and goals for the future of San Mateo. Local citizens are also very active in engaging with their elected officials on social media to express their opinions on local policies and issues. The city of San Mateo ultimately seeks to create an environment that is safe and prosperous for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 94401 (San Mateo, CA) is very liberal.
San Mateo County, CA is very liberal. In San Mateo County, CA 77.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Mateo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.9% to 20.2%.
San Mateo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94401 (San Mateo, CA) is very liberal.
San Mateo, California is very liberal.
San Mateo 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 Mateo, 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 94401 (San Mateo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,910 contributions totaling $497,422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 415 contributions totaling $81,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)