Santa Monica, California, located in 90404 zip code, is known for its active political scene. The local politics of Santa Monica are heavily influenced by the Democratic Party - with local elections typically being won by Democrats. As a result, Santa Monica focuses on progressive values such as social and economic justice, environmental protection and sustainability, and increased government transparency. In recent years, the city has adopted several measures to ensure that all citizens have access to clean air and water, are provided with education opportunities regardless of income level or background and receive equal representation from their local elected officials. Additionally, Santa Monica voters regularly turn out in high numbers at the polls – a testament to the city’s commitment to democracy.
The political climate in Zip 90404 (Santa Monica, CA) is very liberal.
Los Angeles County, CA is very liberal. In Los Angeles County, CA 71.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Los Angeles county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.0% to 26.9%.
Los Angeles county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 90404 (Santa Monica, CA) is very liberal.
Santa Monica, California is very liberal.
Los Angeles County, California is very liberal.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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.
Santa Monica, 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 90404 (Santa Monica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,730 contributions totaling $1,181,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $95,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $618 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)