Politics of San Francisco, California

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Following the social upheavals of the 1960s, San Francisco became one of the hypocenters of liberal activism, with Democrats, Greens, and progressives dominating city politics. This trend is also visible in the results of U.S. Presidential elections; the last Republican to win San Francisco was Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. Although the fight between Democrats and Republicans has been unequal for the last forty years, it has become increasingly lopsided.

1 Presidential elections results
2 Representation
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Presidential elections results

**Presidential elections results**^{[citation needed]}
Year	GOP	Dems
2004	15.2% 54,355	83.0% 296,772
2000	16.1% 51,496	75.5% 241,578
1996	15.7% 45,479	72.2% 209,777
1992	17.8% 57,352	72.4% 233,263
1988	26.1% 72,503	72.8% 201,887
1984	31.4% 90,219	67.4% 193,278
1980	31.9% 80,967	52.4% 133,184
1976	40.3% 103,561	52.1% 133,733
1972	41.8% 127,461	56.1% 170,882
1968	33.7% 100,970	59.2% 177,509
1964	28.7% 92,994	71.2% 230,758
1960	41.8% 143,001	57.8% 197,734

[edit] Representation

In the state legislature San Francisco is located in the 3rd and 8th Senate districts, represented by Democrats Carole Migden and Leland Yee respectively, and in the 12th and 13th Assembly districts, represented by Democrats Fiona Ma and Mark Leno respectively. Federally most of San Francisco is located in California's 8th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +36, with a small part of the city's southwest in the 12th district, which has a Cook PVI of D +22.^[1] Both districts are represented by Democrats, the 8th by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the 12th by Jackie Speier.