The city of Salinas, CA (93906) is a bustling center of activity in Monterey County. It is also an important political hub, with various state and local officials representing the area. On the state level, California State Senator Anna Caballero currently represents the 12th District which includes Salinas. Within Monterey County, residents are represented by 4th District Supervisor Juan Hidalgo, Jr. At the local level, Mayor Joe Gunter oversees operations within the city limits and is joined by City Council Members: Steve McShane, Kimbley Craig, Scott Davis, Tony Villegas and Chris Albertson. Together they make up the legislative branch for the city of Salinas that works to pass ordinances and policies that will benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 93906 (Salinas, 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
Zip 93906 (Salinas, CA) is strongly liberal.
Salinas, California 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.
Salinas, 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 93906 (Salinas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,673 contributions totaling $52,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $11,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)