The city of Oak View, CA has a population of approximately 8,000 and is a small town situated in the midst of Ventura County. The city is governed by a five-member city council that meets regularly to address issues pertinent to the community. Each member of the council is elected by the citizens of Oak View and serves only two year terms. As an electorate, Oak View residents have access to local political candidates who are actively campaigning for positions on the city council including mayor and city council members. Local politics in Oak View focuses primarily on public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic growth initiatives that ensure equity for all citizens. These issues are addressed with input from local committees and forums held by the city council in order to keep citizens informed about pending decisions and their potential impacts on daily life in Oak View.
The political climate in Zip 93022 (Oak View, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Ventura County, CA is moderately liberal. In Ventura County, CA 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, Ventura county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.4%.
Ventura county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93022 (Oak View, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Oak View, California is somewhat liberal.
Ventura County, California is moderately liberal.
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.
Oak View, 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 93022 (Oak View)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,236 contributions totaling $48,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $11,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)