Pajaro, CA is a small town in California with a tight-knit community. The politics in Pajaro are mainly focused on local issues that affect the residents’ livelihoods and well-being. These include things like education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Every year, local candidates run for various positions in the city council and county boards. The elections allow citizens to take part in shaping the future of their community by voting for the candidate they deem most qualified for office. Residents also attend city council meetings to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about their neighborhood. Pajaro is proud of its political involvement and encourages all citizens to get involved in their hometown politics.
The political climate in Pajaro, CA is very liberal.
Monterey County, CA is very liberal. In Monterey County, CA 69.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monterey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.5% to 28.2%.
Monterey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pajaro, CA is very liberal.
Monterey County, California is very liberal.
Salinas 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.
Pajaro, 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 Pajaro, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,553 contributions totaling $625,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 502 contributions totaling $70,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)