Meiners Oaks is a small town in Ventura County, California. It has a long history of civic engagement and has seen a number of political leaders come through its doors over the years. The town is known for its strong support for local politicians who are committed to making Meiners Oaks a better place to live and work. Recent candidates have included those advocating for improved education, increased economic development, and more community involvement. With the upcoming election season just around the corner, Meiners Oaks citizens will soon be able to express their opinions on the important issues facing their town by voting for the people they believe will do the best job representing them in government. No matter who wins, it is clear that this small town will continue its history of civic participation well into the future.
The political climate in Meiners Oaks, 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
Meiners Oaks, 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.
Meiners Oaks, 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 Meiners Oaks, 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)