The small city of Solvang, located in the Central Coast region of California and within Santa Barbara County, is one of the few towns in the United States that still has a traditional Danish-style architecture. The city has remained as an independent municipality over the years and is home to a population of 5,245 people according to the 2019 census. This small but vibrant city is served by its local government under the Mayor's Office with a five-member City Council. Elections for council members are held every four years and residents can find out more information about their representatives from the Mayor's office. Furthermore, Solvang also takes part in national politics, with both Democratic and Republican candidates running for state and federal offices such as Congress and Senate. Overall, politics in 93463 Solvang remains relatively low-key with most residents preferring to be apolitical when it comes to public opinion.
The political climate in Zip 93463 (Solvang, 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 93463 (Solvang, CA) is moderately liberal.
Solvang, 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.
Solvang, 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 93463 (Solvang)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,483 contributions totaling $116,729 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 408 contributions totaling $183,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)