Monte Sereno is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. It is known for its peaceful atmosphere and charming neighborhoods. The politics of Monte Sereno are largely focused on providing the best service to its citizens while maintaining the city’s small-town charm. The City Council works to ensure that all community members are represented and that local ordinances reflect their collective wishes. The council also collaborates with other cities in the county to ensure that all residents have access to the services they need. Other important political issues include maintaining public safety, managing growth and development, preserving open space, and improving public transportation. Community involvement is key to shaping the future of Monte Sereno and ensuring a safe, vibrant community for years to come.
The political climate in Monte Sereno, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Clara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Clara County, CA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Clara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 25.2%.
Santa Clara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monte Sereno, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Clara County, California is very 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.
Monte Sereno, 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 Monte Sereno, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,890 contributions totaling $2,203,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $451 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 593 contributions totaling $379,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)