Piru, California is a small town located in Ventura County and is part of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is governed by the City of Piru, which is headed by Mayor Robert Hinojos and four city council members. The council members are elected by registered voters throughout Piru and hold their positions for four-year terms. Over the course of their term, they make decisions on important local issues such as city spending, infrastructure maintenance, public safety initiatives, and zoning regulations.
Additionally, voters in Piru elect representatives to serve in both state and federal offices that represent them at the higher level of government. From the state level, citizens elect their representatives to serve in California’s Senate and House of Representatives, while from the federal level they elect officials to represent them in U.S Congress. These elected officials play an important role in shaping local politics by influencing legislation that affects Piru’s residents.
Overall, politics within Piru are shaped by the actions taken from both the local government and those representing citizens at higher levels of government. The actions taken will significantly impact the overall quality of life for everyone living or visiting this small town in Ventura County.
The political climate in Piru, 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
Piru, 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.
Piru, 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 Piru, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 702 contributions totaling $28,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $10,479 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)