San Juan Bautista, California is an important political center in San Benito County. The city is home to the San Juan Bautista City Council, which consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The City Council meets monthly to review and approve policy decisions for the city, as well as oversee its budget. Additionally, San Juan Bautista serves as a hub for local political candidates campaigning in the area. Several prominent names have recently entered the electoral process, looking to represent their community on a variety of issues. With such a wide selection of candidates, this election year is sure to be an exciting one for residents of San Juan Bautista.
The political climate in San Juan Bautista, CA is somewhat liberal.
San Benito County, CA is strongly liberal. In San Benito County, CA 61.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Benito county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
San Benito county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Juan Bautista, CA is somewhat liberal.
San Benito County, California is strongly liberal.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area is very liberal.
California is strongly liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
San Juan Bautista, California: D d D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in San Juan Bautista, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,070 contributions totaling $116,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $5,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)