Corralitos, CA is a small unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County. Although its population size is relatively small, the politics in the area are still influential and important to the local residents. The Corralitos town meetings provide an important forum for members of the community to discuss and debate topics of local relevance. Residents can attend local meetings to share their ideas and concerns about issues such as education, economic development, public safety, infrastructure, housing affordability, environmental protection, and more. Local political candidates often hold forums and visits in Corralitos to meet with constituents and discuss their platforms. As a result of these events and other grassroots efforts, local politicians have a unique opportunity to get feedback from residents on how best to represent them at the state or federal level.
The political climate in Corralitos, CA is somewhat 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
Corralitos, CA is somewhat 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.
Corralitos, 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 Corralitos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,860 contributions totaling $1,226,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 867 contributions totaling $184,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)