Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA is a small city located on the Monterey Peninsula of California. With a population of just over 4,000 people, it has a long history as an art colony and tourist destination. When it comes to local politics in Carmel-by-the-Sea, the city council is comprised of five members who are elected by the citizens for four year terms. The council handles issues such as zoning laws, land use decisions, and the local budget as well as other matters related to running the city. Additionally, California's state senator for this area is Bill Monning and assemblymember Mark Stone. Both Monning and Stone have served in their respective positions for multiple terms and have made significant contributions to Carmel-by-the-Sea during their time in office.
The political climate in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA is moderately 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
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA is moderately 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.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, 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 Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,502 contributions totaling $920,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,621 contributions totaling $502,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)