Vandenberg Village is a small rural town located in California. The town has a population of around 1,000 and is located just outside of the larger city of Lompoc. Despite its small size, Vandenberg Village has an involved political climate with two major local parties vying for control. Residents are represented by two different local candidates from each party who run for various political offices such as mayor and city council members. Both candidates are highly active in the community, taking part in many social events as well as advocating for their respective policy positions. Residents can count on these candidates to speak up for their concerns and represent them when it comes to making important decisions about the future of Vandenberg Village.
The political climate in Vandenberg Village, CA is somewhat 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
Vandenberg Village, CA is somewhat 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.
Vandenberg Village, 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 Vandenberg Village, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,442 contributions totaling $115,969 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 513 contributions totaling $65,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)