The 94117 San Francisco, CA area is a politically diverse and vibrant community. The district is represented in Congress by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who works hard to ensure that the needs of her constituents are heard on Capitol Hill. Residents of 94117 take an active role in local politics: they consistently participate in local and state elections, as well as debates around issues that are important to their community. Residents also have a variety of initiatives to choose from when it comes to advocacy and public policy - from neighborhood campaigns like SF SAFE and Green Streets Initiative, to larger fights for social and environmental justice. From the famous Pride Parade to protests against police brutality, 94117 San Franciscans are passionate about making sure their voice is heard in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 94117 (San Francisco, CA) is very liberal.
San Francisco County, CA is very liberal. In San Francisco County, CA 85.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Francisco county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 85.3% to 12.7%.
San Francisco county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94117 (San Francisco, CA) is very liberal.
San Francisco, California is very liberal.
San Francisco 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 Francisco, 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 94117 (San Francisco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,762 contributions totaling $4,888,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 439 contributions totaling $134,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)