Seacliff, CA is a beautiful coastal town known for its amazing beaches and scenic ocean views. Despite its small size, the politics of the area are quite diverse. The local government is composed of elected representatives from various political affiliations including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. These representatives meet regularly to discuss and vote on legislation that affects the residents of Seacliff. Local politicians are highly involved in the community and often attend events such as festivals, parades, and fundraisers throughout the year in order to gain support from their constituents. They strive to make decisions that will benefit all members of the community while representing their political party's ideals.
The political climate in Seacliff, 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
Seacliff, 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.
Seacliff, 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 Seacliff, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,410 contributions totaling $793,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 621 contributions totaling $139,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)