The politics in Orcutt, CA (93455) are largely driven by the local citizens and their elected representatives. There are a range of issues that residents are passionate about, from taxes to education to public safety. Orcutt is represented by Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham in the California State Assembly and Senator Monique Limón in the California State Senate. Residents have a variety of political affiliations, ranging from Democratic to Republican to independent. Local candidates run for various offices, including city council seats, congressional races, and state positions. Throughout the year there are numerous events where local candidates present their views on key issues that affect 93455. These events can be an excellent way for residents to learn more about the political landscape in their community and how they can help shape it through voting and participation in local initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 93455 (Orcutt, 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 93455 (Orcutt, CA) is moderately liberal.
Orcutt, 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.
Orcutt, 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 93455 (Orcutt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,760 contributions totaling $86,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 763 contributions totaling $206,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)