The politics in 93940 Monterey, CA are governed by the mayor and City Council of Monterey. The current Mayor is Clyde Roberson and the City Council consists of 8 members, representing different districts within the city. The council's main goal is to ensure that all residents of Monterey have equal access to public services and infrastructure while also providing a safe and healthy living environment. They work together to develop policies and regulations that will benefit the citizens of Monterey as a whole. The local politicians in Monterey are always looking for ways to improve their city while keeping it a vibrant and welcoming place for all who call it home.
The political climate in Zip 93940 (Monterey, 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 93940 (Monterey, CA) is strongly liberal.
Monterey, 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.
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 93940 (Monterey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,319 contributions totaling $548,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 756 contributions totaling $209,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)