Alamo, California is a small community located in Contra Costa County. It is made up of a diverse population of families, retirees, and professionals. The town has been known for its strong sense of community and involvement in local politics. Alamo is part of the 16th Congressional District and represented by Congresswoman Barbara Lee. On the local level, the town is part of the county Board of Supervisors District 5 and represented by Supervisor Federal Glover. In addition to county representation, Alamo also has its own City Council which includes five members elected at-large to serve four year terms. This council meets regularly to discuss important topics such as infrastructure, public safety measures, and local laws. The citizens take an active role in their city鈥檚 politics by attending meetings and voicing their opinion on important issues.
The political climate in Alamo, CA is moderately liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alamo, CA is moderately liberal.
Contra Costa 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.
Alamo, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Alamo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,012 contributions totaling $2,621,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,179 contributions totaling $7,316,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)