The city of 93955 Seaside, CA is a small town with a vibrant and engaged population who take an active interest in local politics. Local candidates are often seen attending community meetings and events in order to get their name out there. In the 2020 election cycle, three candidates were running for mayor of 93955 Seaside – incumbent Mayor Stella Robinson, challenger Joe Martinez, and newcomer Sally Suarez. Mayor Robinson has been serving since 2018 and is focusing her campaign on addressing the city's infrastructure needs while also advocating for local businesses. Joe Martinez has served on the City Council since 2016 and his platform focuses on increasing public safety measures and improving economic opportunities for all residents. Sally Suarez is a political newcomer with a background in social services who is running a progressive platform aimed at providing access to quality healthcare, protecting the environment, and creating jobs. Residents of 93955 Seaside can look forward to an exciting election season filled with debate about these important issues facing their beloved city.
The political climate in Zip 93955 (Seaside, 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 93955 (Seaside, CA) is strongly liberal.
Seaside, 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.
Seaside, 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 93955 (Seaside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,824 contributions totaling $80,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $18,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)