Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA is a small city located on the coast of California, with a population of 4,485 as of the last census. The city is served by an elected mayor and four-member City Council. Each member serves a four year term and holds office in the City Hall building. The current mayor is Dave Potter, who has held office since 2012. The other city council members are Ken Talmage, Kaye Buechele, Christina Rinderle and Steve Dallas. Together they work to make decisions that effect the citizens of Carmel-by-the-Sea and improve their quality of life. Issues that have been addressed include urban development, tourism initiatives, public safety and roads/highways improvements. In addition to these important issues, there are various local political programs in place that are focused on supporting the community at large including programs for public education, low income housing assistance and economic development initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 93921 (Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA) is moderately 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 93921 (Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA) is moderately liberal.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California is moderately 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.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, 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 93921 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,224 contributions totaling $233,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 650 contributions totaling $176,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)