The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area is a diverse and vibrant region with a rich political landscape. Politically the area is represented in the US House of Representatives by Julia Brownley (D) in district 26. In the state legislature, citizens are represented by Jacqui Irwin (D) in Assembly District 44, Steve Bennett (D) in Senate District 19 and Henry Stern (D) in Senate District 27. All three representatives have earned a reputation for being strong advocates for their constituents and fighting for progressive policies that benefit their community. On the local level, key political issues facing residents include funding for infrastructure improvements, housing affordability, public safety, and environmental protection. Residents also take an active role in promoting social justice initiatives such as efforts to reduce homelessness and strengthening gun control measures. There are many ways to get involved politically at the local level and make a positive impact on the community.
The political climate in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area 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, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.4%.
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area
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)