Politics in 95020 Gilroy, CA is a vibrant and active part of the community. The city is split into two districts, District 1 and District 2. Both districts are represented by the Gilroy City Council, which consists of five members who are elected from the entire city. Every two years, both districts hold elections for their respective City Council representatives. The council is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens of Gilroy – such as setting policies, approving budgets and contracts, and enacting laws – to ensure that quality services are provided to all citizens. Additionally, both districts have active political organizations where people can get involved through attending meetings or volunteering with campaigns and other local initiatives. In addition to discussing issues related to Gilroy's local government, these organizations also discuss topics such as education, health care access, economic development, public safety, housing expansions and development projects within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 95020 (Gilroy, CA) is strongly 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 95020 (Gilroy, CA) is strongly liberal.
Gilroy, California is strongly 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.
Gilroy, 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 95020 (Gilroy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,947 contributions totaling $175,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 651 contributions totaling $150,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)