Pajaro Dunes, CA is a small beach town located in Monterey County in California. This charming and relaxed community is a popular destination for people who are looking for a relaxing beach getaway. Despite its small size, Pajaro Dunes has an active local politics scene. The town elects members to the official City Council which holds regular meetings throughout the year to discuss matters that affect the welfare of local residents. The City Council works together with other organizations in the area to ensure that important services are provided to all citizens, and that issues such as law enforcement, public safety, education, infrastructure maintenance, and environmental protection are addressed. In addition to this, candidates regularly run for office on a platform of protecting and preserving the unique character of Pajaro Dunes’ culture and environment. With an emphasis on community building and collaboration between stakeholders from all sectors of life in Pajaro Dunes, residents can rest assured that their voices will be heard when it comes time to decide how best to move forward with projects or initiatives that will benefit them all.
The political climate in Pajaro Dunes, CA is moderately 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
Pajaro Dunes, CA is moderately 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.
Pajaro Dunes, 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 Dunes, 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)