San Quentin, CA is a small city located in Marin County with a population of just over 200 people. It is home to the oldest state prison in California and has a long history of crime and incarceration. Despite its size, San Quentin has an active political presence both locally and nationally. This presence is led by the San Quentin City Council, which is comprised of five elected officials who serve two-year terms. The Council meets regularly to discuss issues such as public safety, infrastructure, zoning laws, and much more. In addition to the Council, local elections are held every other year for two additional seats on the Board of Supervisors representing San Quentin's interests throughout Marin County. Residents of San Quentin have the opportunity to become involved in politics and participate in local government by voting for candidates in these elections or joining a variety of local civic organizations that have been established around the city's core values. From time to time, candidates for statewide office also visit San Quentin to speak with residents and further their campaigns. Regardless of one's political views or affiliations, all residents can agree that politics plays an important role in keeping San Quentin safe and thriving.
The political climate in Zip 94964 (San Quentin, CA) is strongly liberal.
Marin County, CA is very liberal. In Marin County, CA 82.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Marin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 94964 (San Quentin, CA) is strongly liberal.
San Quentin, California is strongly liberal.
Marin 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 Quentin, 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 94964 (San Quentin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $76,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $800 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)