Santa Barbara, California is the 93103 zip code in which the city of Santa Barbara is located. Politically, Santa Barbara has been represented in Congress since 1983 by Democratic Rep. Lois Capps and before that by Republican Robert Lagomarsino. The City of Santa Barbara also has a mayor-council form of government and is served by seven city council members as well as the Mayor. In recent years, the city has faced some tough decisions when it comes to local politics due to budget constraints, housing needs and other issues. There have also been debates about business development, public transportation and environmental regulations. The population of Santa Barbara is made up of diverse groups from different backgrounds with different political leanings, making it an interesting place to observe when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 93103 (Santa Barbara, 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 93103 (Santa Barbara, CA) is strongly liberal.
Santa Barbara, 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.
Santa Barbara, 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 93103 (Santa Barbara)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,963 contributions totaling $662,956 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 356 contributions totaling $95,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)