Ojai is a city located in Ventura County, California known for its natural beauty and vibrant music scene. Politically, Ojai leans conservatively, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats in local elections. The current mayor of the city is Johnny Johnston, who was elected in 2018. He has been praised for his work to improve the public safety and infrastructure of Ojai. In addition, he has been working to revitalize the downtown area and promote economic development. Other current members of the City Council include Rob Sprague, Adrian Ortiz, and Steve Frye. They have worked together to create a balanced budget while continuing to invest in the local economy and local schools. The City Council is also committed to finding ways to be more environmentally friendly through initiatives such as installing solar panels on buildings and encouraging people to use public transportation instead of cars. Overall, politics in Ojai are focused on creating a safe and prosperous community that values its unique sense of place.
The political climate in Ojai, CA is somewhat liberal.
Ventura County, CA is moderately liberal. In Ventura County, CA 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ventura county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.4%.
Ventura county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ojai, CA is somewhat liberal.
Ventura County, California is moderately liberal.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ojai, California: r r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ojai, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,889 contributions totaling $907,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $674,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)