Mission Canyon, California is a small yet vibrant community located in the heart of Santa Barbara. The town is known for its local businesses and friendly people. Although the town does not have an elected official, the residents are actively involved in shaping their community. Local organizations and initiatives are formed to help improve the quality of life for Mission Canyon residents. These efforts range from creating youth educational programs to organizing clean-up events throughout the town. On a larger scale, Mission Canyon is part of Santa Barbara County and citizens in town vote in county elections helping shape local policies that impact them directly. In Mission Canyon, politics take on many forms – from individual action to collective action – all with a single goal: to ensure a safe and prosperous environment for all who live there.
The political climate in Mission Canyon, 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
Mission Canyon, 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.
Mission Canyon, 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 Mission Canyon, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,333 contributions totaling $2,484,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,298 contributions totaling $303,479 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)