The politics in 93458 Santa Maria, CA are heavily influenced by the values and beliefs of the local population. The city is largely supportive of progressive ideals, as evidenced by its past local election results. In recent years, democratic candidates have consistently won elections for offices such as mayor, city council and school board. This trend has created an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration among likeminded individuals who seek to bring about positive change in the city. Local organizations have been formed to help support these efforts, such as the Santa Maria City Council Firewall which seeks to protect citizens from corporate interests or those with ulterior motives that would seek to exploit their resources. Although there are occasional debates between left-leaning and right-leaning ideologies, overall Santa Maria is a politically cohesive community that generally works together towards common goals.
The political climate in Zip 93458 (Santa Maria, 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 93458 (Santa Maria, CA) is strongly liberal.
Santa Maria, 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 Maria, 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 93458 (Santa Maria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 335 contributions totaling $14,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $37,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)