34 Bay Area Voter Guides for 2022
Need last minute help voting? ACLU, SF Berniecrats, Libertarians, Green Party and more have guides to help out
By Johnny Funcheap - posted 11/8/2022
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Need help filing out your ballot? Here are 34 different voter guides for 2022 so you can find the one that best matches your point of view.
The mid-term election is Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Know of any we missed? Let us know below.
Awesome Voter Guide Matrix – 2022
A big thanks to Andrew Seigner (a software engineer formerly of Twitter) who compiled and put together this awesome matrix of a 15 different voter guides so that you can see at a glance who everyone is recommending. It’s our favorite voter guide tool of all.
If you plan to vote in SF (or CA), here’s an endorsement matrix: https://t.co/7rzgsR2EN2
— Andrew Seigner (@siggy) October 17, 2022
Non-Partisan Voter Guides – 2022
- Cal Matters – One-minute video voter guides for each proposition – updated for 2022
- KQED – updated for 2022
- Official City of San Francisco Voter Guide– updated for 2022
- San Francisco Chronicle– updated for 2022
- SF Public Press – Two-minute audio breakdown of each proposition – updated for 2022
Political Party Voter Guides – 2022
Issue-Based / Advocacy Group Voter Guides
Updated for 2022
- ACLU – “Guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil liberties for all Californians
- Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club of San Francisco – “Advocating within the Democratic Party for human rights, social and economic justice, and equality for all persons, foremost the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community”
- Black Lives Voter Guide Oakland – “The consensus perspective of local Black social justice leaders on how to best uplift Black lives in Oakland and beyond”
- Broke-Ass Stuart – “Dedicated to bringing you the most important news, arts, culture, nightlife, and progressive activism in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond”
- Courage California Voter Guide – “California must be a beacon of progressive, equitable, and truly representative democracy
- Grow SF – “GrowSF pursues common sense solutions to create a San Francisco that works for everyone.”
- Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club – “A place for people to be political, left, and queer”
- Indivisible SF – “Doing everything we can to evict Trump, flip the Senate, and hold the House this year”
- League of Pissed Off Voters – Progressive “thoroughly researched and thoroughly biased”
- League of Women Voters – “Nonpartisan political nonprofit that defends democracy.”
- San Francisco Labor Council – “local body of the AFL-CIO hoping to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the nation”
- San Francisco League of Conservation Voter – “Where the environmental movement meets local politics”
- San Francisco Women’s Political Committee – “Endorse, empower, and elect people as candidates for local office who self-identify as women and those who share our values.”
- SEIU 1021 – Service Employees Union represents over 60,000 employees in Northern California. “To protect our rights, improve our working conditions”
- SF Bay Guardian – “The country is facing one of the deepest threats in its history, and Donald Trump must be defeated”
- SF Bay View – “The voice of Black Liberation, aims to equip and inspire Black people and all people to rise up and fight for freedom and justice”
- SF Berniecrats – “We must get Trump out of office – he has put us on the path to fascism”
- SF Bike Coalition – “Issues like policing, school funding, housing, and taxation determine who is valued, nurtured, respected, and often who gets to succeed and literally survive here in San Francisco
- SF Foundation – “Committed to advancing racial equity and economic inclusion”
- SF Housing Action Coalition – “More housing means more choices and better solutions for San Franciscans”
- SF Rising – “Grassroots membership which is predominantly immigrant, women, monolingual non-English speakers, and people of color”
- SF Tenants Union – “advocates for legislation that restricts unjust rent increases and evictions”
- SPUR – San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association
- United Educators of San Francisco – “collective voice of San Francisco Unified School District teachers and paraprofessionals”
- YMBY Action – “Pro-housing activists fighting for more inclusive housing policies and a future of abundant housing.”
Not Updated for 2022
- Democratic Socialists of America – “Seeks to create a system based on justice and equality for all people”
- Latino Community Foundation – “If all Latinos voted, we could change California.”
- Progressive Voter Guide – “Even if Bernie couldn’t make it onto our ballots, what he stands for is bigger than him”
- Queer Agenda Voting Guide 2020 – “High glamour, drag irreverence… political activism and a philanthropic heart”
- SURJ / Showing Up for Racial Justice – “Moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.”
- Tech Equality Collaborative – “Instead of being a force for displacement and inequality, tech can create opportunity and widespread prosperity”
- Tech Worker Voter Guide – “We stand for pragmatic progressive policies and equity.”
