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== Politics == ===Presidential election results and voter registration=== {{PresHead|place=San Mateo County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref>|source2=<ref group=note>This total comprised 2,825 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was official Republican nominee in California), 827 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]] and 80 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] nominee [[Eugene W. Chafin]].</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|76,616|242,957|10,992|California}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|75,584|291,496|7,171|California}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|57,929|237,882|18,573|California}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|72,756|206,085|6,879|California}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|75,057|222,826|5,409|California}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|83,315|197,922|3,620|California}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|80,296|166,757|12,346|California}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|73,508|152,304|25,720|California}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|75,080|149,232|52,196|California}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|109,261|141,859|3,360|California}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|135,185|122,268|3,178|California}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|116,491|87,335|34,811|California}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|117,338|102,896|11,507|California}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|135,377|109,745|11,175|California}} {{PresRow|1968|Democratic|98,654|106,519|20,495|California}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|77,916|140,978|297|California}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|104,570|97,154|528|California}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|100,049|63,637|217|California}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|92,279|52,149|651|California}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|48,909|34,215|3,148|California}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|33,590|34,594|158|California}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|26,539|29,831|581|California}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|13,650|27,087|511|California}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|13,442|19,094|1,343|California}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|14,360|9,755|277|California}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|8,126|771|5,805|California}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|7,205|1,958|1,054|California}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|5,207|4,485|719|California}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|7|3,246|3,732|California}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,865|1,314|375|California}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,146|851|138|California}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,645|914|52|California}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,607|987|36|California}} {{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,088|1,020|44|California}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|1,121|980|16|California}} {{PresRow|1884|Republican|950|750|17|California}} {{PresFoot|1880|Republican|760|720|10|California}} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> | colspan="2" | 711,622 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref> | 360,786 | 50.7% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 185,134 | 51.3% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 69,925 | 19.4% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/> | <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+115,209'''</span> | <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+31.9%'''</span> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | American Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 7,693 | 2.1% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Green<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 2,521 | 0.7% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 1,852 | 0.5% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 735 | 0.2% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 14 | 0.0% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 754 | 0.2% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/> | 92,158 | 25.5% |} ==== Cities by population and voter registration ==== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;" |+ Cities by population and voter registration ! City ! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> ! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/> ! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/> ! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/> ! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/> ! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/> ! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/> |- | [[Atherton, California|Atherton]] || 7,137 || 69.4% || 34.7% || 31.1% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''+3.6%'''</span> || 3.9% || 30.3% |- | [[Belmont, California|Belmont]] || 26,941 || 58.7% || 48.5% || 16.0% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+32.5%'''</span> || 3.9% || 31.6% |- | [[Brisbane, California|Brisbane]] || 4,671 || 59.8% || 52.1% || 10.4% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+41.7%'''</span> || 5.1% || 32.4% |- | [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]] || 30,889 || 57.5% || 47.5% || 17.2% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+30.3%'''</span> || 4.0% || 31.3% |- | [[Colma, California|Colma]] || 1,489 || 47.1% || 55.5% || 11.0% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+44.5%'''</span> || 3.7% || 29.8% |- | [[Daly City, California|Daly City]] || 106,280 || 43.9% || 51.8% || 9.6% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+42.2%'''</span> || 3.3% || 35.3% |- | [[East Palo Alto, California|East Palo Alto]] || 29,314 || 35.9% || 57.4% || 6.1% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+51.3%'''</span> || 4.4% || 32.1% |- | [[Foster City, California|Foster City]] || 33,901 || 48.9% || 44.3% || 16.6% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+27.7%'''</span> || 2.9% || 36.2% |- | [[Half Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]] || 12,932 || 58.4% || 47.7% || 18.3% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+29.4%'''</span> || 5.6% || 28.4% |- | [[Hillsborough, California|Hillsborough]] || 11,387 || 68.5% || 33.8% || 30.0% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''+3.8%'''</span> || 3.9% || 32.3% |- | [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]] || 34,698 || 55.7% || 51.6% || 15.5% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+36.1%'''</span> || 3.5% || 29.4% |- | [[Millbrae, California|Millbrae]] || 22,394 || 57.4% || 44.6% || 15.9% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+28.7%'''</span> || 3.8% || 35.7% |- | [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]] || 38,546 || 64.9% || 53.6% || 13.1% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+40.5%'''</span> || 4.7% || 28.6% |- | [[Portola Valley, California|Portola Valley]] || 4,568 || 74.7% || 46.3% || 22.4% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+23.9%'''</span> || 3.8% || 27.5% |- | [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] || 85,925 || 48.7% || 50.7% || 14.9% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+35.8%'''</span> || 5.9% || 30.5% |- | [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]] || 42,807 || 53.3% || 52.0% || 13.4% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+38.6%'''</span> || 3.9% || 30.7% |- | [[San Carlos, California|San Carlos]] || 30,185 || 65.3% || 48.7% || 18.6% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+30.1%'''</span> || 3.8% || 28.9% |- | [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]] || 104,430 || 52.6% || 50.1% || 15.5% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+34.6%'''</span> || 3.9% || 30.5% |- | [[South San Francisco, California|South San Francisco]] || 67,789 || 48.6% || 53.5% || 10.9% || <span style="color: #0000ff;">'''+42.6%'''</span> || 3.5% || 32.1% |- | [[Woodside, California|Woodside]] || 5,458 || 75.2% || 40.4% || 26.6% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+13.8%'''</span> || 4.5% || 28.5% |} === Overview === The California Secretary of State, as of February 2019, reports that San Mateo County has 404,958 registered voters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report of Registration as of February 10, 2019 Registration by Political Subdivision by County |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov}}</ref> Of those voters, 202,341 (50%) are registered Democratic, 60,045 (14.3%) are registered Republican, 15,834 (3.9%) are registered with other political parties, and 126,738 (31.3%) [[declined to state]] a political party preference. Every city, town, and unincorporated area of San Mateo County has more registered Democrats than Republicans. On November 4, 2008, San Mateo County voted 61.8% against [[2008 California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]], which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/57_65_ballot_measures.pdf |author = California Secretary of State |title = State Ballot Measures (Proposition Numbers 1A-12) by County |access-date = June 14, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090612235853/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/57_65_ballot_measures.pdf |archive-date = June 12, 2009 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref>
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