Mount Hermon, CA is a small town with a population of just under 1000 people. Despite its small size, it is an active and engaged community when it comes to local politics. The Mount Hermon Town Council meets monthly to discuss the issues that are important to the citizens of the area, such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and community events. Residents are often invited to speak at the meetings to offer their input into local decisions. Additionally, there are several volunteer organizations that work for the betterment of Mount Hermon, such as the Mount Hermon Historical Society and various neighborhood watch groups. On election days, residents come out in full force to cast their ballots for their preferred candidates based on policies that are important to them. With its strong sense of civic engagement, Mount Hermon can be proud of its contribution to local politics.
The political climate in Mount Hermon, 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
Mount Hermon, 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.
Mount Hermon, 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 Mount Hermon, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,289 contributions totaling $428,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 395 contributions totaling $69,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)