Simi Valley, CA is a city in Ventura County that is known for its safe neighborhoods and friendly people. Despite its small size, Simi Valley has a thriving political landscape. The city council consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. They make decisions about the budget, zoning regulations, public safety issues, and other matters important to local citizens. Additionally, the mayor is elected every two years and presides over all meetings of the City Council.
Simi Valley additionally has an active voting population that takes part in both state and local elections. During election season you can see signs from numerous candidates running for office, including representatives from the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party. In addition to electing representatives at various levels of government, residents can also vote on ballot measures which are proposed by local organizations or individuals. All of this ensures that politics remain a vital part of life in Simi Valley and keeps residents engaged with their community and their government.
The political climate in Simi Valley, 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
Simi Valley, 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.
Simi Valley, 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 Simi Valley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,109 contributions totaling $1,714,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,062 contributions totaling $1,147,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)