How Los Altos Voted on the Propositions and Measures in Tuesday's Elections

 

A look at how voters in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills behaved in Tuesday's presidential election, show that they turned out in higher percentages than the rest of Santa Clara County, and they most decidedly did not like Prop. 38.

A Patch analysis of the voting data showed 63 percent of voters in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills turned out to vote in the Nov. 6 general election, compared to the county-wide turnout of 61 percent. 

What follows are numbers crunched from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voter's website for seven Silicon Valley cities from Tuesday night's election. Votes from Los Altos and Los Altos Hills were counted together.

The percentages indicate the number of registered voters who cast their ballots for each unique race or measure. As an example, of the 27711 registered voters in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, 39 percent cast their ballot for Barack Obama, 22 percent for Mitt Romney.

The chart provides a snapshot—and perhaps a little insight—into the two municipalities. 

Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, which have demonstrated over the years how much they like supporting education, voted 47 percent 'No' on the Molly Munger's Prop. 38, which proposed raising taxes on all Californians to directly go to school districts, compared to 17 percent who voted "Yes." A slim majority of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills voters passed Gov. Brown's tax increase (32 percent "Yes" to 29 percent "No.") that calls for a sales tax hike and

And Los Altos, home of the very popular Whole Foods Market, whose corporate CEO and co-founder Walter Robb publicly announced support of Prop. 37, the measure to label genetically-altered food, didn't go for it. Of the registered voters in Los Altos Tuesday, 34 percent voted "No,"and 26 percent voted "Yes."

In the criminal justice category, local voters supported heavier punishment for those convicted of human trafficking, altering the "Three Strikes" law and repealing the death penalty, the latter at odds with the majority of voters in the state.

Saratoga and Los Altos were the only cities in the Valley to vote against Measure A, the county sales tax. And Measure M, which calls for limiting executive pay at El Camino Hospital, perhaps not surprisingly, was rejected by voters in Los Altos Hills and Los Altos, where the "No on M" campaign was headquartered on Main Street. The measure, however, appears to have passed, though all ballots have not yet been counted.

Voter Turnout

City Registered Voters Ballots Cast Voter Turnout Campbell 25218 14711 58% Cupertino 28060 16126 57% Los Altos/LAH 27711 17507 63% Los Gatos 24499 15213 62% Mountain View 31854 19115 60% Saratoga 20437 12098 59% County-wide 817,837 499,435 61%

President and Vice President

City Registered Voters Obama Romney Campbell 25218 39% 17% Cupertino 28060 39% 16% Los Altos/LAH 27711 39% 22% Los Gatos 24499 38% 22% Mountain View 31854 45% 12% Saratoga 20437 34% 23%

U.S. Senator

City Registered Voters Feinstein Emken Campbell 25218 38% 17% Cupertino 28060 40% 15% Los Altos/LAH 27711 41% 19% Los Gatos 24499 39% 21% Mountain View 31854 45% 12% Saratoga 20437 36% 21%

U.S. Representative District 18

City Registered Voters Chapman Eshoo Campbell 25218 17% 37% Cupertino n/a n/a n/a Los Altos/LAH 27711 20% 40% Los Gatos 24499 22% 36% Mountain View 31854 12% 45% Saratoga 20437 22% 34%

 

Prop 30 - Temporary Education Tax

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 34% 22% Cupertino 28060 32% 23% Los Altos/LAH 27711 32% 29% Los Gatos 24499 33% 26% Mountain View 31854 38% 19% Saratoga 20437 28% 29%

 

Prop 31 - State Budget

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 22% 30% Cupertino 28060 25% 26% Los Altos/LAH 27711 26% 30% Los Gatos 24499 26% 29% Mountain View 31854 21% 32% Saratoga 20437 27% 26%

 

Prop 32 - Payroll Political Contributions

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 22% 34% Cupertino 28060 23% 31% Los Altos/LAH 27711 27% 33% Los Gatos 24499 25% 33% Mountain View 31854 19% 38% Saratoga 20437 27% 28%

Prop 33 - Auto Insurance

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 21% 33% Cupertino 28060 22% 31% Los Altos/LAH 27711 24% 35% Los Gatos 24499 23% 35% Mountain View 31854 19% 37% Saratoga 20437 23% 32%

 

Prop 34 - Repeal Death Penalty

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 29% 26% Cupertino 28060 29% 25% Los Altos/LAH 27711 35% 25% Los Gatos 24499 33% 26% Mountain View 31854 36% 20% Saratoga 20437 29% 27%

 

Prop 35 - Human Trafficking

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 46% 10% Cupertino 28060 45% 9% Los Altos/LAH 27711 48% 11% Los Gatos 24499 49% 10% Mountain View 31854 43% 13% Saratoga 20437 46% 9%

Prop 36 - Three Strikes Law

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 42% 13% Cupertino 28060 41% 13% Los Altos/LAH 27711 46% 14% Los Gatos 24499 45% 14% Mountain View 31854 45% 11% Saratoga 20437 42% 14%

 

Prop 37 - Genetically Engineered Foods

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 28% 28% Cupertino 28060 30% 25% Los Altos/LAH 27711 26% 34% Los Gatos 24499 28% 32% Mountain View 31854 31% 27% Saratoga 20437 26% 31%

 

Prop 38 - Education Tax

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 15% 39% Cupertino 28060 14% 41% Los Altos/LAH 27711 13% 47% Los Gatos 24499 14% 45% Mountain View 31854 17% 39% Saratoga 20437 12% 45%

 

Prop 39 - Multistate Business Tax

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 37% 16% Cupertino 28060 37% 16% Los Altos/LAH 27711 37% 21% Los Gatos 24499 37% 21% Mountain View 31854 40% 15% Saratoga 20437 35% 20%

 

Prop 40 - Redistricting

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 39% 12% Cupertino 28060 40% 10% Los Altos/LAH 27711 46% 10% Los Gatos 24499 43% 12% Mountain View 31854 43% 10% Saratoga 20437 41% 11%

 

Measure A - County Sales Tax

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 30% 24% Cupertino 28060 27% 26% Los Altos/LAH 27711 28% 30% Los Gatos 24499 30% 28% Mountain View 31854 32% 22% Saratoga 20437 25% 30%

 

Measure B - SC Valley Water District - Special Tax

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 38% 15% Cupertino 28060 36% 15% Los Altos/LAH 27711 37% 20% Los Gatos 24499 38% 18% Mountain View 31854 42% 12% Saratoga 20437 34% 19%

 

Measure M - El Camino Hospital Dist. Compensation

City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell n/a n/a n/a Cupertino 1238* 24% 26% Los Altos/LAH 27711 24% 31% Los Gatos n/a n/a n/a Mountain View 31854 27% 23% Saratoga n/a n/a n/a *only a portion of Cupertino