Del Monte Forest is a small unincorporated community located in California, close to the city of Monterey. The politics of Del Monte Forest are managed by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, which is responsible for making decisions that affect the local population and its environment. The board is composed of five elected supervisors who serve four-year terms. Together, they oversee local government services such as public safety, land use planning, road maintenance, public health, education and economic development. Additionally, there are several state and federal representatives from the area who work to ensure that their constituents' needs are addressed. To make sure that everyone's voice is heard, town hall meetings are held on a regular basis to give citizens an opportunity to provide input on important matters throughout the region. There is also an active grassroots movement of civic engagement where locals can get involved and have conversations about key issues facing their community.
The political climate in Del Monte Forest, CA is somewhat 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
Del Monte Forest, CA is somewhat 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.
Del Monte Forest, 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 Del Monte Forest, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,272 contributions totaling $889,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 742 contributions totaling $348,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)