Oceano, CA is a small beach town located in San Luis Obispo County along the Central Coast of California. Despite its size, Oceano boasts an active and involved political community that is passionate about making the town a better place to live. Local political parties are heavily invested in developing plans for economic growth and protecting the environment. In recent years, town leaders have worked tirelessly to strengthen their infrastructure, while protecting the unique beauty of this coastal paradise. Candidates vying for local office have held debates on important issues such as education, public safety, and housing. With strong leadership from both sides of the aisle, Oceano is well-positioned to continue to make progress on these issues in the future.
The political climate in Oceano, CA is somewhat 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
Oceano, CA is somewhat 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.
Oceano, 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 Oceano, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,242 contributions totaling $267,356 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 712 contributions totaling $131,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)