Ventura County is located in beautiful Southern California, and is home to a vibrant political landscape. From local elections to state and national issues, Ventura County residents have the opportunity to exercise their civic duty by voting on important matters that affect their communities. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors oversees the county's budget and makes decisions about government services, infrastructure, land use, public health and safety, recreation, economic development, taxes, etc. In addition to the board members there are several other elected officials who provide representation for Ventura County residents such as Mayor Pro Tem Steve Bennett and City Council Member Sofia Rubalcava. These leaders work together with their constituents to ensure that everyone in Ventura County has access to quality services and resources.
The political climate in 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
Ventura County, CA 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.
Ventura, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Ventura County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75,812 contributions totaling $8,710,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13,277 contributions totaling $4,052,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)