The politics in 94118 San Francisco, CA are heavily influenced by the Democratic Party. This is reflected in the voting history of the area, which overwhelmingly elects Democratic candidates to public office. As a result, many of San Francisco's important policy issues revolve around liberal causes such as environmental protection, economic justice, and progressive tax reform. In addition to this tendency towards progressive politics, elected officials in 94118 often focus on mitigating the effects of homelessness and improving public transportation infrastructure. In recent years, San Francisco has also become a hub for technology and startup culture, with elected officials focusing on developing policies that will support continued innovation and job growth.
The political climate in Zip 94118 (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 94118 (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 94118 (San Francisco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,918 contributions totaling $10,323,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $576 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,167 contributions totaling $5,635,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,829 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)