The city of 93109 Santa Barbara, CA is a bustling and vibrant community with a strong sense of local politics. In this city, the political landscape is made up of several elected officials and committees that represent the people's interests. It has a Mayor-Council form of government led by current Mayor Cathy Murillo who was elected in 2017. Other members of the council include Mike Jordan, Kristen Sneddon, Eric Friedman, Jason Dominguez, Oscar Gutierrez and Randy Rowse who all work together to ensure that their constituents are represented on the issues that matter most. The council meets monthly in order to discuss upcoming projects and initiatives for the betterment of Santa Barbara. The city also holds regular elections for citizens to elect representatives who will lead their communities in this bustling coastal town.
The political climate in Zip 93109 (Santa Barbara, 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 93109 (Santa Barbara, CA) is moderately liberal.
Santa Barbara, 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.
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 93109 (Santa Barbara)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,899 contributions totaling $406,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 438 contributions totaling $150,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)