Summerland, CA is a small city located in Santa Barbara County. It has a vibrant local political scene with passionate citizens dedicated to making their community the best it can be. Many important issues are discussed and debated at the Summerland City Council meetings, including land use, economic development, infrastructure, public safety, and healthcare. Local candidates running for office have been working hard to represent the interests of their constituents on these issues, making sure that everyone’s voice is heard. The citizens of Summerland are proud of their commitment to civic engagement and are always looking forward to the upcoming elections so that they can continue to make their voices heard by voting for the representatives who will work hard to make an impact on their community.
The political climate in Summerland, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Barbara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Barbara County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Barbara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 32.6%.
Santa Barbara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summerland, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Barbara County, California is very liberal.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara Metro Area is very 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.
Summerland, California: d d 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 Summerland, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,050 contributions totaling $5,187,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,890 contributions totaling $2,482,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)