Ventura, California is a vibrant coastal city located along the Pacific Ocean. The city is home to a diverse population and has been heavily influenced by its close proximity to Los Angeles. Politically, Ventura is committed to providing government services that help create a high quality of life for its residents. The local government works hard to provide effective public safety, parks and recreation, public works, and economic development programs that address the needs of both individuals and businesses in the area. Additionally, Ventura emphasizes fiscal responsibility as a way to ensure sustainable growth. Through sound budgeting practices and careful stewardship of taxpayer resources, the city has been able to maintain an impressive level of service delivery for its citizens.
The political climate in San Buenaventura (Ventura), 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
San Buenaventura (Ventura), 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.
San Buenaventura (Ventura), 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 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,258 contributions totaling $2,443,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,514 contributions totaling $619,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)