Bonny Doon, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, is a small rural town with no shortage of political activity. Despite its size, there are a number of local political candidates vying for votes in upcoming elections. These candidates come from both major parties – from Democrats to Republicans – and have wide-ranging views on important issues such as taxation, education, and the environment. Local political debates often take place at town hall meetings and other events around town to help residents stay informed of the candidates' positions. Bonny Doon's citizens are passionate about their politics and take an active role in shaping the future of their community through their voting habits.
The political climate in Bonny Doon, CA is somewhat liberal.
Santa Cruz County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, CA 78.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 78.4% to 18.5%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bonny Doon, CA is somewhat liberal.
Santa Cruz County, California is very liberal.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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.
Bonny Doon, 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 Bonny Doon, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,670 contributions totaling $6,854,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,574 contributions totaling $412,128 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)