The city of Salinas, CA (zip code 93905) is an active and engaging political community. The city council is composed of seven local members who actively participate in the creation and implementation of policy. In recent elections, candidates have run on a variety of issues including support for job growth, public safety, housing affordability and environmental conservation. All city council meetings are open to the public and residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions directly to their representatives. Locally-elected officials work together to ensure that Salinas remains a vibrant and welcoming place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 93905 (Salinas, CA) is very 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 93905 (Salinas, CA) is very liberal.
Salinas, California is very 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.
Salinas, 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 93905 (Salinas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $11,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $10,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)