The small town of Buellton, California located in 93427, is home to a small but active political community. The city council is composed of five members who are elected by the residents of the town and they serve four-year terms. Elections for mayor and city council members happen every two years. The mayor and two other council members are also up for reelection at those times. Candidates running for office must meet the requirements set by the city in terms of age, residency, and qualifications for holding office. In addition to local elections, Buellton residents can also vote in state and national elections as well as participate in initiatives sponsored by local organizations like the Chamber of Commerce. Although Buellton may be a small town, it certainly knows how to make its voice heard politically when it comes to important decisions that affect its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 93427 (Buellton, CA) is moderately liberal.
Santa Barbara County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Barbara County, CA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Barbara county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 32.6%.
Santa Barbara county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93427 (Buellton, CA) is moderately liberal.
Buellton, California is moderately liberal.
Santa Barbara County, California is very liberal.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara Metro Area is very 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.
Buellton, California: d d 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 93427 (Buellton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $21,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $41,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)