Pacific Grove, CA is a small coastal city located in Monterey County. With its scenic views and access to the ocean, it's a popular destination for tourists. The city has a population of just over 15,000 people, and while there isn't a lot of political activity within the city itself, local elections do take place to decide who will represent Pacific Grove at the county or state level. While the local candidates may not be widely known, those elected make important decisions which affect the lives of Pacific Grove residents. These include decisions on tax rates, infrastructure spending, health care access, transportation projects and more that can have major impacts on all citizens of Pacific Grove.
The political climate in Pacific Grove, 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
Pacific Grove, 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.
Pacific Grove, 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 Pacific Grove, 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)