Ojai, California (93023) is a small town in Ventura County that is known for its stunning mountain views and sprawling vineyards. It is home to approximately 8,000 people who take pride in their local political representatives. The current mayor of Ojai is William Weirick, who was elected to the office in 2018. In addition to the mayor's office, Ojai is represented by four members of the City Council who are elected from separate districts across the city. Each council member looks out for the best interests of their constituents and works to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to important city decisions. The City Council meets monthly to discuss issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, and land use regulations. Additionally, residents can participate in civic engagement through various initiatives such as attending town hall meetings and donating time or money to causes they support. Through these efforts Ojai remains a vibrant community with a strong sense of civic responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 93023 (Ojai, 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 93023 (Ojai, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Ojai, 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.
Ojai, 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 93023 (Ojai)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,889 contributions totaling $907,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $674,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)