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The politics of 94597 Walnut Creek, CA are largely influenced by the local population. The city is home to a diverse range of people from many different backgrounds, making it a vibrant and lively place to live. Political discourse in Walnut Creek is primarily focused on local issues such as education, public safety, environmental protection, and economic development. Many influential members of the community are actively engaged in founding and supporting local political organizations like the “Friends of Walnut Creek” and “Walnut Creek Action Network.” These groups strive to bring together citizens with common goals to make positive changes in their community. In addition to these organizations, the city encourages residents to get involved in municipal elections by voting for local candidates who will work hard to meet their needs and ensure that their voices are heard.

The political climate in Zip 94597 (Walnut Creek, CA) is strongly liberal.

Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.

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The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Zip 94597 (Walnut Creek, CA) is strongly liberal.

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The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.

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VoteWord™

Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.

Walnut Creek, 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.

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Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 94597 (Walnut Creek)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,759 contributions totaling $277,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $435,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,571 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)