Politics in 93453 Santa Margarita, CA are heavily influenced by the surrounding areas of San Luis Obispo County. The county is a nonpartisan area with no major political parties in power, however local candidates running for office do align themselves with certain political ideologies. Local elections are often contested across multiple levels of government, from school boards to city councils and county supervisors. In the past few years, local officials have focused on promoting economic development and sustainability initiatives to make Santa Margarita a better place to live. A number of public forums and debates have been held to discuss important issues such as healthcare and education reform. Voter turnout is consistently strong throughout Santa Margarita, as citizens take pride in their community and want to make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that will impact them directly.
The political climate in Zip 93453 (Santa Margarita, 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
Zip 93453 (Santa Margarita, CA) is leaning liberal.
Santa Margarita, California 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.
Santa Margarita, 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 zip 93453 (Santa Margarita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $31,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $14,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)