Boulder Creek, CA is a small town in Santa Cruz County with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The local politics are largely informed by the values and beliefs held by this diverse community, which includes many small business owners and members of the working class. The town is represented by many local political candidates in both the city council and county board of supervisors who strive to bring attention to issues that impact the residents of Boulder Creek. These candidates work hard to ensure that citizens feel heard and respected in their local government. On important topics such as health care, education, public safety, and environmental protection, these candidates strive to advocate for policies that are equitable for all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 95006 (Boulder Creek, 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
Zip 95006 (Boulder Creek, CA) is moderately liberal.
Boulder Creek, California 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.
Boulder Creek, 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 95006 (Boulder Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,779 contributions totaling $109,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $7,097 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)