Santa Monica, CA 90402 is a vibrant city located on the coast of Southern California. It is well known for its beautiful beaches, amazing restaurants, and bustling nightlife. Santa Monica is also a hotbed of political activity due to its large population and diverse demographics. Local elections are often contested by several candidates from different parties, each vying for the support of the city's citizens. These candidates focus on issues such as public safety, education reform, economic development, and environmental protection. With each election cycle comes a new set of challenges that must be addressed in order to ensure that the community remains safe and prosperous. The voters in Santa Monica have the final say when it comes to who will represent them in government and make their voices heard on important social issues.
The political climate in Zip 90402 (Santa Monica, CA) is strongly liberal.
Los Angeles County, CA is very liberal. In Los Angeles County, CA 71.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Los Angeles county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.0% to 26.9%.
Los Angeles county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 90402 (Santa Monica, CA) is strongly liberal.
Santa Monica, California is strongly liberal.
Los Angeles County, California is very liberal.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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.
Santa Monica, 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 90402 (Santa Monica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,246 contributions totaling $10,495,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $609 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 962 contributions totaling $671,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $698 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)