Oxnard is a city in California's Ventura County, located on the Southern California coast. Politics in Oxnard are largely determined by its City Council, which consists of seven members. The Mayor, who serves a four-year term, is elected by the people of Oxnard and presides over council meetings. The other six council members are selected through elections every two years to represent different parts of the city. The City Council is responsible for setting policy and making decisions on how to manage Oxnard's resources. They also appoint the City Manager, who oversees the day-to-day operations of city departments and staff. Additionally, several state representatives and senators are elected from within the community to represent Oxnard at local, state, and federal levels. Overall, politics in Oxnard are driven by its citizens' vision for their community; as such, local leaders focus on issues related to economic prosperity, public safety and quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Oxnard, CA is moderately 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
Oxnard, CA is moderately 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.
Oxnard, 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 Oxnard, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,345 contributions totaling $1,792,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,036 contributions totaling $563,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)