Camarillo, CA is a small city situated in Ventura County, California. Situated near the Pacific Coast and surrounded by lush hills and valleys, it is a picturesque place to call home. The politics in Camarillo are centered around local government decisions that affect the residents of the community. The City Council is responsible for creating policies that will improve the quality of life of its citizens, ranging from transportation infrastructure to public safety initiatives. As the governing body of Camarillo, the City Council works with different stakeholders such as school boards, business owners, and regional agencies to develop strategies for lasting progress. Local politicians represent their constituents and bring attention to issues facing the community to ensure necessary resources are allocated appropriately. Each year there are elections for members of City Council where residents can voice their opinions about what type of leaders they want representing them in Camarillo's political landscape.
The political climate in Camarillo, 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
Camarillo, 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.
Camarillo, 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 Camarillo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,696 contributions totaling $1,021,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,484 contributions totaling $728,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)