The city of Seaside, California is governed by a mayor and city council members. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and the city council members are elected to two-year terms. The local government ensures that Seaside remains a thriving place to live, work, and play. They are responsible for maintaining public safety, providing essential infrastructure such as roads and parks, creating an adequate transportation system, overseeing development projects, developing economic opportunities for businesses and individuals alike, and much more. The citizens of Seaside have access to quality education, healthcare services, recreational activities, cultural events and festivals. Furthermore, the local government promotes community involvement through public meetings and volunteer opportunities which allow citizens to voice their opinions on how they want the city to look like in the future.
The political climate in Seaside, CA is strongly 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
Seaside, CA is strongly 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.
Seaside, 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 Seaside, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,143 contributions totaling $629,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 956 contributions totaling $227,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)