Which Bay Area county has the most Republicans?

[KamaAina]

http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2014/11/04/which-bay-area-county-has-the-most-republicans/

The Bay Area is known for its lefty leanings, but there are some Bay Area counties that are much bluer than others, according to a just-in-time-for-Election-Day report from Paragon Real Estate Group. It will likely come as a surprise to no one that San Francisco has the fewest registered Republicans in the Bay Area—only 8.6% compared to 55.6% registered Democrats. (The remainder are “third-party” members and independents.)

Interestingly, Alameda County has even more registered Democrats (56.4%) but it also has more registered Republicans (14.1%). Heading north-eastward to Contra Costa County, the percentage of Republicans climbs dramatically to 24.8% with registered Democrats at 49.6%. But the award for highest percentage of Republicans in the Bay Area actually goes to Napa County, where 26.8% of residents are registered Republicans and only 46.4% of residents are Democrats. (The fewest registered Democrats—45.6%—are in Santa Clara.)

See the chart below for the breakdown throughout the rest of the Bay.

As the chart shows, Napa comes close to the percentage of registered Republicans in the U.S., though it also has far more registered Democrats than the national figures. As Paragon sums up in its report, despite some smatterings of red here and there, “The Bay Area is a very blue region in a very blue state.”

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Alcatraz.

[Auggie]

4. Excellent!!!

You could have also said San Quentin since that still functions as a prison. But Alcatraz is funnier.

[SoapBox]

6. Funny.

[upaloopa]

2. It is nice to go to San Francisco and not see

any tea party stickers staring at you from the car in front of you.

[NV Whino]

3. Yeah, but most of the republicans vote Democratic in the Napa Valley

[mackerel]

5. I would have guessed San Mateo. Napa is right next

to one of the bluest counties in CA, Solano County.

[KamaAina]

7. Night and day

Solano's largest city, Vallejo, is poor, diverse, and Blue. The second largest, Fairfield, is becoming a destination for people priced out of Oakland by the people who have been priced out of San Francisco.

Napa, meanwhile, is touristy and affluent, like the Monterey Peninsula.

[mackerel]

8. Yep lived in v-town for 20 years. Napa has a very large poor Latin population and

a big gang problem. (Shhhhh it's a dirty little secret that everybody knows.)

[KamaAina]

9. That would be the city of Napa

Everything north of it, places you've heard of like Calistoga, St. Helena and Yountville, is wealthy and white.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Solano is one of the bluest counties in California?

Solano county shoehorns right in between Contra Costa and Napa county - 48.6% (D) 25.0% (R).

Solano really should have been included in this survey because it is the odd man out, sad sack member of ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments).

[mackerel]

11. Solano County is probably the most ignored

Bay Area County. (At least in my experience)