Santa Ynez, CA 93460 is a small agricultural town located in Santa Barbara County, California. As such, it has a relatively small population and limited political representation. Most of the local politics are centered around the Board of Supervisors for Santa Barbara County. This board is responsible for making decisions on issues that affect the county as a whole, including budgeting and public services. Local representatives from the Santa Ynez area work to ensure that their constituents’ interests are represented when these decisions are made. Additionally, local organizations like chambers of commerce often serve as an important resource for providing information about local events and activities to residents in this area.
The political climate in Zip 93460 (Santa Ynez, 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 93460 (Santa Ynez, CA) is moderately liberal.
Santa Ynez, 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 Ynez, 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 93460 (Santa Ynez)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,589 contributions totaling $712,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 462 contributions totaling $971,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)