The city of 93437 Vandenberg AFB, California is an unincorporated area in Santa Barbara County. It is home to the United States Air Force base and serves as a major hub for aerospace testing and training activities. The area is governed by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, who are elected by county residents every four years. Through their guidance, they ensure that the community's needs are met and that all residents have access to necessary services and infrastructure. Additionally, representatives from the military base often collaborate with local government and civic groups to ensure that regulations governing the base are respected while any local concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Zip 93437 (Vandenberg AFB, 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 93437 (Vandenberg AFB, CA) is moderately liberal.
Vandenberg AFB, 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.
Vandenberg AFB, 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 93437 (Vandenberg AFB)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)