Thousand Oaks, California is a city located in Ventura County. It is home to a population of over 130,000 people and is known for its beautiful natural surroundings, outdoor recreation opportunities, and quality schools. The city is known for being politically conservative in nature but also values diversity and inclusion. At the local level, Thousand Oaks is served by the Conejo Valley Unified School District Board of Education and the Thousand Oaks City Council. The City Council consists of five members elected by residents of the city to serve four-year terms; these members serve as representatives of Thousand Oaks citizens’ interests to ensure that their needs are met. Education, public safety and infrastructure are all important topics discussed on the local political scene. In addition, Thousand Oaks has a variety of civic organizations dedicated to discussing issues that affect the community such as traffic congestion, water supply shortages, environmental sustainability and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 91362 (Thousand Oaks, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Ventura County, CA is moderately liberal. In Ventura County, CA 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ventura county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.4%.
Ventura county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 91362 (Thousand Oaks, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Thousand Oaks, California is somewhat liberal.
Ventura County, California is moderately liberal.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area is moderately 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.
Thousand Oaks, California: r r 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 91362 (Thousand Oaks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,778 contributions totaling $763,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,043 contributions totaling $592,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)