Pacific Grove, CA is a small coastal city in Monterey County with a population of 15,441. The city is governed by a mayor and six council members representing four districts. Pacific Grove has been a part of the Republican stronghold in the Central Coast since its founding in 1875, and this continues today. The current mayor is Bill Kampe, who was first elected in 2014 and will be up for reelection in 2020. Currently on the City Council are Tom Moore (District 1), Robert Huitt (District 2), Clyde Roberson (District 3) and Ken Cuneo (District 4). All of these candidates were elected or re-elected in 2018 and their terms will end in 2022. Pacific Grove residents are proud of their community and active citizens work together to maintain its clean beaches, tree-lined streets, vibrant downtown businesses and award-winning parks.
The political climate in Zip 93950 (Pacific Grove, 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 93950 (Pacific Grove, CA) is strongly liberal.
Pacific Grove, 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.
Pacific Grove, 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 93950 (Pacific Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,589 contributions totaling $365,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $60,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)