The city of San Rafael in California's 94903 zip code is a diverse and vibrant community. It is the county seat of Marin County and has a population of around 57,000 people. San Rafael is home to several federal, state, and local government offices, which are all supported by its residents' active engagement in politics. Voters in the area elect representatives to serve on the City Council as well as other local government boards. The city also takes part in national and statewide elections for representatives at those levels of government. Additionally, the local political scene is home to many different advocacy groups and organizations who work to empower citizens to be more involved in their communities through education and civic engagement activities. With such a wide range of options for staying informed on local politics, it's no wonder that San Rafael residents take an active role in shaping their future.
The political climate in Zip 94903 (San Rafael, CA) is strongly liberal.
Marin County, CA is very liberal. In Marin County, CA 82.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Marin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94903 (San Rafael, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Rafael, California is strongly liberal.
Marin 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 Rafael, 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 94903 (San Rafael)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,842 contributions totaling $1,106,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 585 contributions totaling $520,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $890 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)