Los Osos is a small town located in San Luis Obispo County, California. The population of the town is just over 15,000 people as of 2018. Los Osos has a strong local political presence with numerous civic organizations and elected officials that serve the community. Some of the local political offices include Mayor, City Council Members, and Senior Planner for Planning & Building Services. Additionally, there are several community-based organizations such as the Los Osos Community Action Network (LOCAN) that focus on advocating for issues impacting the area such as affordable housing and economic development. These groups provide an important voice to citizens of Los Osos and work to ensure positive growth in the town while preserving its unique character.
The political climate in Zip 93402 (Los Osos, CA) is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Luis Obispo County, CA 55.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Luis Obispo county remained strongly Democratic, 55.3% to 42.2%.
San Luis Obispo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93402 (Los Osos, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Los Osos, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Los Osos, 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 93402 (Los Osos)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,539 contributions totaling $183,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $28,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)