It's probably fair to call the voters of Saratoga contrarians. While much of the rest of Silicon Valley was approving Jerry Brown's Prop 30 to raise money for schools, Saratogans voted against the measure. Staying true to its purple blend of blue and red views, Cupertinians were fairly measured in their turnout on measures and candidates.
Percentage-wise, 16 percent in Cupertino voted for Mitt Romney, while 39 percent voted for Barack Obama.
Cupertino voted a percentage point against the Prop 31, the State Budget measure, while the Saratoga voted for it.
Silicon Valley cities were split on Prop 37, the measure to label genetically-altered food. Cupertino said yes.
And Saratoga and Los Altos were the only cities in the Valley to vote against Measure A, the county sales tax.
What follows are numbers crunched from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voter's website for six Silicon Valley cities from Tuesday night's election.
The percentages indicate the number of registered voters who cast their ballots for each unique race or measure. As an example, of the 28,060 registered voters in Cupertino, 39 percent cast their ballot for Barack Obama, 16 percent for Mitt Romney.
Voter Turnout
City Registered Voters Ballots Cast Voter Turnout Campbell 25218 14711 58% Cupertino 28060 16126 57% Los Altos 27711 17507 63% Los Gatos 24499 15213 62% Mountain View 31854 19115 60% Saratoga 20437 12098 59%President and Vice President
City Registered Voters Obama Romney Campbell 25218 39% 17% Cupertino 28060 39% 16% Los Altos 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 27711 41% 19% Los Gatos 24499 39% 21% Mountain View 31854 45% 12% Saratoga 20437 36% 21%Prop 30 - Temporary Education Tax
City Registered Voters Yes No Campbell 25218 34% 22% Cupertino 28060 32% 23% Los Altos 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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