Buellton, CA is located in Santa Barbara County and is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. The politics of Buellton have been largely dominated by the Republican Party since its incorporation in 1964. Despite being such a small town, there are still local political candidates that run for office in the city. Recently, the city has seen an increase in Democratic candidates running for mayor and several school board positions. These candidates have promised to bring their progressive ideas to the forefront of Buellton’s politics while still maintaining a focus on fiscal responsibility. Residents have responded positively to these new ideas and the community looks forward to what these new candidates will bring to Buellton in the future.
The political climate in Buellton, 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
Buellton, 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.
Buellton, 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 Buellton, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,035 contributions totaling $576,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,765 contributions totaling $422,877 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)