The 93908 Salinas, CA is a vibrant city with a long history of political dedication. It is part of Monterey County's Fourth District and elects representatives to the California State Assembly, Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. In recent years, local politics in Salinas have been focused on issues like crime reduction, economic development, and community involvement in city decision making processes. Additionally, the city has taken steps to increase public safety by establishing additional police officers and investing in infrastructure improvements for residents throughout the region. Community organizations have also taken an active role in engaging citizens on social and political issues that affect them directly. As a result of this engagement from both the public sector and community groups, Salinas has seen an improvement in its overall quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 93908 (Salinas, 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 93908 (Salinas, CA) is moderately liberal.
Salinas, 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.
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 93908 (Salinas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,655 contributions totaling $161,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $245,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)