Santa Paula, CA is a small city located in the southern part of Ventura County. It's rich history and culture has helped shape it's unique political landscape. Santa Paula residents are represented by elected officials in the City Council and Mayor's office. These offices are filled with individuals who strive to make Santa Paula a better place to live and work. Education, public safety, economic development, and quality of life initiatives are just some of the issues these local leaders focus on. Community engagement is also an important component of their work as they meet regularly with citizens to discuss current initiatives and solicit feedback on proposed legislation. Through these activities, Santa Paula residents can be sure their voices will be heard when making decisions that affect the future of their beloved city.
The political climate in Santa Paula, 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
Santa Paula, 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.
Santa Paula, 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 Santa Paula, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 959 contributions totaling $115,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $48,034 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)