Santa Clara, California (95050) is located in the heart of Silicon Valley and has a strong influence on local politics. As a predominantly Democratic region with many progressive values, Santa Clara residents actively participate in civic engagement to ensure that their voices are heard. Every two years, voters in the 95050 zip code have the opportunity to cast their ballots for candidates running for mayor, city council members, and other local offices. Recent elections have featured strong competition between Democrats and Republicans vying for these positions, as well as independent candidates advocating for important issues such as sustainable energy, affordable housing, and public safety. Regardless of party affiliation or stance on any particular issue, all elected officials must focus on the best interests of Santa Clara鈥檚 citizens and strive to make the community a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 95050 (Santa Clara, CA) is very liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95050 (Santa Clara, CA) is very liberal.
Santa Clara, California is very liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara, 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 95050 (Santa Clara)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,675 contributions totaling $259,816 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 299 contributions totaling $51,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)