Politics in 93108 Montecito, CA are of high importance due to its unique local culture and population. Montecito is home to some of the wealthiest people in the state, making it a key player in California's politics. Its residents are passionate about their beliefs and stand firm on issues like environmental protection, education, healthcare, and housing. Local political candidates make it a priority to address these matters whenever possible. They often spark debates and conversations throughout the community with their staunch stands on either side of an issue. The debates help keep the citizens of Montecito informed about upcoming elections and allow them to make educated decisions when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 93108 (Montecito, 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 93108 (Montecito, CA) is moderately liberal.
Montecito, 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.
Montecito, 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 93108 (Montecito)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,406 contributions totaling $4,580,621 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,390 contributions totaling $1,771,706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)