The city of Lompoc, CA has a long history of political activity and engagement. Located in Santa Barbara County, the population of 93436 is home to individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and beliefs. The city offers its citizens the opportunity to get involved in local politics by voting in elections and becoming involved with community initiatives. Political candidates for public offices such as Mayor, City Councilmembers, Judges, Supervisors, School Board Members, and more are chosen from the residents of Lompoc every election cycle. These elected officials are responsible for creating policies that have real consequences on the lives of their constituents. Residents can participate in democracy by attending town hall meetings, joining committees or task forces, researching ballot measures before voting day, attending candidate forums and debates, and more. By engaging in politics on a local level citizens can create positive change within their communities and help shape the future of Lompoc.
The political climate in Zip 93436 (Lompoc, CA) is strongly 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 93436 (Lompoc, CA) is strongly liberal.
Lompoc, California is strongly 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.
Lompoc, 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 93436 (Lompoc)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,442 contributions totaling $115,969 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 513 contributions totaling $65,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)