Nipomo, CA is a small town located in San Luis Obispo County. It is known for its quaint atmosphere and close-knit community dynamics. Local politics in Nipomo are overseen by the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors, which consists of five elected members who serve four-year terms. The Board works together to ensure that the best interests of the local population are kept in mind when multiple decisions are made. Issues such as local infrastructure, public safety, and taxation are discussed at length during board meetings and citizen forums to gain insight from the community. All members participate equally in making fair and informed decisions that will benefit Nipomo’s citizens and businesses alike.
The political climate in Nipomo, CA is leaning liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Luis Obispo County, CA 55.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Luis Obispo county remained strongly Democratic, 55.3% to 42.2%.
San Luis Obispo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nipomo, CA is leaning liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Nipomo, 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 Nipomo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,023 contributions totaling $312,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,264 contributions totaling $229,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)