El Rio, CA is a small city located in Southern California. It has an active political scene with local government organizations and representatives who work to ensure the well-being of its citizens. The city council and mayor strive to address the needs of the community through policy decisions that promote economic development, public safety, and environmental protection. Additionally, El Rio is home to several advocacy groups that work to raise awareness around important issues facing local residents. These include initiatives related to healthcare, education reform, and homelessness prevention. With a strong sense of civic engagement, El Rio continues to be an example for other communities when it comes to involving its citizens in the political process.
The political climate in El Rio, 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
El Rio, 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.
El Rio, 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 El Rio, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,224 contributions totaling $255,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 606 contributions totaling $89,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)