The town of Scotts Valley, CA is a small but thriving community nestled in the coastal mountains of Santa Cruz County. With a population of just under 12,000 people, Scotts Valley has a strong sense of community and togetherness. Despite its size, Scotts Valley is politically active with numerous organizations and individuals offering their opinions on local issues. There are many initiatives in place to address local challenges and create positive outcomes for Scotts Valley residents. Across party lines, the main goal is to ensure that local concerns are heard and addressed accordingly. As such, county elections are paramount to the town’s future as elected officials can influence the decisions that affect Scotts Valley citizens. Local political candidates have played an important role in galvanizing support for their respective positions on key issues and providing much needed leadership at crucial times.
The political climate in Scotts Valley, 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
Scotts Valley, 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.
Scotts Valley, 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 Scotts Valley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29,069 contributions totaling $3,796,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,207 contributions totaling $274,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)