Morro Bay, CA is a coastal town situated in San Luis Obispo County along California's Central Coast. It has a vibrant community and is home to a wide variety of political organizations and groups that promote engagement in local politics. The town hosts many events throughout the year where citizens can meet with local representatives and discuss important issues affecting their community such as the environment, education, transportation, and economic development. Local candidates for office regularly attend these events to hear what residents have to say about topics that are important to them. Morro Bay has been represented at the state level by Senator Hannah Beth Jackson (D) since 2012 and Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R) since 2016. At the county level, San Luis Obispo County is represented by its five-member Board of Supervisors which includes Adam Hill (D), John Peschong (R), Bruce Gibson (D), Lynn Compton (R), and Debbie Arnold (R). These elected officials are responsible for governing the county on behalf of its residents and making decisions that affect their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 93442 (Morro Bay, CA) is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Luis Obispo County, CA 55.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Luis Obispo county remained strongly Democratic, 55.3% to 42.2%.
San Luis Obispo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93442 (Morro Bay, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Morro Bay, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Morro Bay, California: R r 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 93442 (Morro Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,155 contributions totaling $119,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $23,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)