2022 population: 725,850
( 32,318 from 2010
,
4,810 from 2020)
Land area: 6034.8 square miles
Population density: 120.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 377,070 | 51.95% | ![]() |
Black: | 11,999 | 1.65% | ![]() |
Indian: | 3,147 | 0.43% | ![]() |
Asian: | 36,129 | 4.98% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 18,919 | 2.61% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 278,586 | 38.38% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 348,780 | 48.05% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
---|---|---|
Births: | 17,493 | 12.0 |
Deaths: | 14,144 | 9.7 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -9,771 | -6.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1,956 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | -17,748 | -2.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 50,066 | 7.2 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +20,643 | D +23,381 | D + 2.7% | |
D +44,024 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +8,599 | D +54,287 | D + 13.2% | |
D +62,886 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +6,532 | D +37,951 | D + 8.5% | |
D +44,483 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -14,111 | D +14,570 | D + 5.8% | |
D +459 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) ![]() | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 62% | Joe Biden (D) | 218,273 | 60.4% | Donald Trump* (R) | 133,172 | 36.9% | 9,701 [+] | 2.7% | 361,146 | -10 | 0.23% |
2016 | 56% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 174,249 | 55.1% | Donald Trump (R) | 112,529 | 35.6% | 29,302 [+] | 9.3% | 316,080 | -10 | 0.23% |
2012 | 53% | Barack Obama* (D) | 155,387 | 53.6% | Mitt Romney (R) | 124,573 | 43.0% | 9,891 [+] | 3.4% | 289,851 | -4 | 0.22% |
2008 | 58% | Barack Obama (D) | 173,790 | 56.3% | John McCain (R) | 126,640 | 41.0% | 8,132 [+] | 2.6% | 308,562 | -5 | 0.23% |
2004 | 58% | John Kerry (D) | 149,056 | 49.9% | George W. Bush* (R) | 144,801 | 48.4% | 5,054 [+] | 1.7% | 298,911 | -2 | 0.24% |
2000 | 53% | George W. Bush (R) | 128,352 | 48.6% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 117,937 | 44.7% | 17,571 [+] | 6.7% | 263,860 | 1 | 0.25% |
1996 | 53% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 111,045 | 44.2% | Robert Dole (R) | 110,648 | 44.0% | 29,552 [+] | 11.8% | 251,245 | 3 | 0.26% |
1992 | 58% | Bill Clinton (D) | 109,351 | 40.9% | George Bush* (R) | 93,759 | 35.1% | 64,265 [+] | 24.0% | 267,375 | -2 | 0.26% |
1988 | 52% | George Bush (R) | 124,137 | 54.8% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 99,253 | 43.8% | 3,017 [+] | 1.3% | 226,407 | 1 | 0.25% |
1984 | 56% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 138,349 | 63.1% | Walter Mondale (D) | 78,189 | 35.7% | 2,732 | 1.2% | 219,270 | 4 | 0.24% |
1980 | 57% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 108,260 | 54.5% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 61,158 | 30.8% | 29,104 [+] | 14.7% | 198,522 | 4 | 0.23% |
1976 | 59% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 88,707 | 50.9% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 79,944 | 45.9% | 5,491 [+] | 3.2% | 174,142 | 3 | 0.21% |
1972 | 63% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 95,641 | 55.4% | George McGovern (D) | 71,388 | 41.4% | 5,545 [+] | 3.2% | 172,574 | -5 | 0.22% |
1968 | 58% | Richard Nixon (R) | 69,488 | 52.9% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 53,393 | 40.7% | 8,420 [+] | 6.4% | 131,301 | 10 | 0.18% |
1964 | 64% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 70,633 | 57.1% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 52,926 | 42.8% | 113 | 0.1% | 123,672 | 4 | 0.18% |
1960 | 62% | Richard Nixon (R) | 56,667 | 55.9% | John Kennedy (D) | 44,384 | 43.7% | 406 | 0.4% | 101,457 | 6 | 0.15% |
1956 | 52% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 47,517 | 62.3% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 28,332 | 37.2% | 383 | 0.5% | 76,232 | 5 | 0.12% |
1952 | 63% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 49,876 | 66.6% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 24,664 | 32.9% | 392 | 0.5% | 74,932 | 11 | 0.12% |
1948 | 52% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 30,323 | 56.5% | Harry Truman* (D) | 21,220 | 39.5% | 2,161 [+] | 4.0% | 53,704 | 11 | 0.11% |
1944 | 51% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 23,789 | 52.4% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 21,440 | 47.2% | 164 | 0.4% | 45,393 | 1 | 0.09% |
1940 | 63% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 25,736 | 54.1% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 21,311 | 44.8% | 551 | 1.2% | 47,598 | 0 | 0.10% |
1936 | 55% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 23,812 | 61.1% | Alf Landon (R) | 14,540 | 37.3% | 599 [+] | 1.5% | 38,951 | 1 | 0.09% |
1932 | 52% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 21,366 | 60.3% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 12,313 | 34.8% | 1,734 [+] | 4.9% | 35,413 | -5 | 0.09% |
1928 | 42% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 17,091 | 66.5% | Al Smith (D) | 8,290 | 32.2% | 338 [+] | 1.3% | 25,719 | 8 | 0.07% |
1924 | 40% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 12,419 | 58.9% | Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 6,353 | 30.1% | 2,307 [+] | 10.9% | 21,079 | 5 | 0.07% |
1920 | 39% | Warren Harding (R) | 11,093 | 65.0% | James Cox (D) | 4,192 | 24.6% | 1,769 [+] | 10.4% | 17,054 | 5 | 0.06% |
1916 | 43% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 8,737 | 49.7% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 7,307 | 41.6% | 1,524 [+] | 8.7% | 17,568 | -5 | 0.09% |
1912 | 35% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 5,768 | 45.0% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 5,067 | 39.6% | 1,976 [+] | 15.4% | 12,811 | -23 | 0.09% |
1908 | 29% | William Taft (R) | 4,721 | 53.2% | William J. Bryan (D) | 3,021 | 34.1% | 1,130 [+] | 12.7% | 8,872 | 2 | 0.06% |
1904 | 29% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 4,691 | 59.2% | Alton Parker (D) | 2,319 | 29.3% | 915 [+] | 11.5% | 7,925 | 3 | 0.06% |
1900 | 30% | William McKinley* (R) | 3,552 | 49.4% | William J. Bryan (D) | 3,312 | 46.0% | 331 [+] | 4.6% | 7,195 | -2 | 0.05% |
2020 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 218,273 | 60.4% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 133,172 | 36.9% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 4,824 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 4,877 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 361,146 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 174,249 | 55.1% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 112,529 | 35.6% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 13,221 | 4.2% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 6,567 | 2.1% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 1,435 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 8,079 | 2.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 316,080 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 155,387 | 53.6% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 124,573 | 43.0% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 3,839 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 6,052 | 2.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 289,851 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 173,790 | 56.3% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 126,640 | 41.0% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 2,837 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 1,590 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 3,705 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 308,562 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 144,801 | 48.4% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 149,056 | 49.9% | ||||||||
Other | 5,054 | 1.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 298,911 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 128,352 | 48.6% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 117,937 | 44.7% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 15,187 | 5.8% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 694 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,690 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 263,860 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 111,045 | 44.2% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 110,648 | 44.0% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 17,661 | 7.0% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 8,628 | 3.4% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 1,868 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,395 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 251,245 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 109,351 | 40.9% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 93,759 | 35.1% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 62,419 | 23.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,846 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 267,375 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 124,137 | 54.8% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 99,253 | 43.8% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 1,860 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 1,157 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 226,407 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 138,349 | 63.1% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 78,189 | 35.7% | ||||||||
Other | 2,732 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 219,270 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 108,260 | 54.5% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 61,158 | 30.8% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 23,193 | 11.7% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 3,365 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Other | 2,546 | 1.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 198,522 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 79,944 | 45.9% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 88,707 | 50.9% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 1,851 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 3,640 | 2.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 174,142 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 95,641 | 55.4% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 71,388 | 41.4% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 4,259 | 2.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,286 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 172,574 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 69,488 | 52.9% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 53,393 | 40.7% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 7,499 | 5.7% | ||||||||
Other | 921 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 131,301 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 70,633 | 57.1% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 52,926 | 42.8% | ||||||||
Other | 113 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 123,672 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 44,384 | 43.7% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 56,667 | 55.9% | ||||||||
Other | 406 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 101,457 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 47,517 | 62.3% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 28,332 | 37.2% | ||||||||
Other | 383 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 76,232 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 49,876 | 66.6% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 24,664 | 32.9% | ||||||||
Other | 392 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 74,932 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 21,220 | 39.5% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 30,323 | 56.5% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 1,818 | 3.4% | ||||||||
Other | 343 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 53,704 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 23,789 | 52.4% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 21,440 | 47.2% | ||||||||
Other | 164 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 45,393 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 25,736 | 54.1% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 21,311 | 44.8% | ||||||||
Other | 551 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 47,598 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 23,812 | 61.1% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 14,540 | 37.3% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 239 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 360 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 38,951 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 21,366 | 60.3% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 12,313 | 34.8% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 1,124 | 3.2% | ||||||||
Other | 610 | 1.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 35,413 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 17,091 | 66.5% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 8,290 | 32.2% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 338 | 1.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 25,719 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 12,419 | 58.9% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 1,973 | 9.4% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 6,353 | 30.1% | ||||||||
Other | 334 | 1.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 21,079 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 11,093 | 65.0% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 4,192 | 24.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,139 | 6.7% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 578 | 3.4% | ||||||||
Other | 52 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 17,054 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 8,737 | 49.7% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 7,307 | 41.6% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 1,017 | 5.8% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 506 | 2.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 17,568 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 5,067 | 39.6% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 5,768 | 45.0% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 81 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,323 | 10.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 571 | 4.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 12,811 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 4,721 | 53.2% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 3,021 | 34.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 746 | 8.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 258 | 2.9% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 126 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 8,872 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 4,691 | 59.2% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 2,319 | 29.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 706 | 8.9% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 209 | 2.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 7,925 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 3,552 | 49.4% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 3,312 | 46.0% | ||||||||
Other | 331 | 4.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 7,195 | |||||||||
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