The city of Monterey, CA (93943) is a vibrant coastal town with a rich political landscape. On the local level, politics are largely handled through the City Council and the Mayor, which are both elected officials. The City Council consists of five members and meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at City Hall. The Mayor is elected to a four-year term and presides over all meetings of the council. Both positions are filled by citizens who have gone through an election process to be chosen as representatives of their community. The current mayor is Clyde Roberson, who has been in office since 2014. Monterey County also has several other elected offices that represent 93943 and its residents in state and federal government.
The political climate in Zip 93943 (Monterey, CA) is very 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
Zip 93943 (Monterey, CA) is very liberal.
Monterey, California is very 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.
Monterey, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 93943 (Monterey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $4,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)