Oak Park, CA is a small city located in the heart of Ventura County. The city is governed by a mayor and five city council members who are elected by residents every two years. Local politics in Oak Park are focused on issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and providing quality services for the community. The mayor and council members work together to ensure that the city remains a safe, vibrant place to live and work. They also strive to protect the environment and enhance local recreational activities. Residents actively engage in local politics through voting, attending meetings, volunteering, and participating in neighborhood events. Local organizations also host various events for citizens to come together and discuss solutions to pressing problems facing the community.
The political climate in Oak Park, 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
Oak Park, 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.
Oak Park, 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 Oak Park, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,218 contributions totaling $174,029 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $52,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)