Soquel, CA is a small town in the heart of Santa Cruz County. It is a vibrant and diverse community with much to offer in terms of culture, education, and recreation. While it does not have its own political representatives, Soquel is part of the larger Santa Cruz County district which elects officials to serve on its Board of Supervisors and State Legislature. These representatives are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of Soquel’s residents on a daily basis. They focus on issues such as local infrastructure, taxation, public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and healthcare access. Through their work, they strive to make Soquel an equitable and prosperous place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Soquel, 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
Soquel, 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.
Soquel, 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 Soquel, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,931 contributions totaling $1,563,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 570 contributions totaling $157,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)