Ramona, a small town in California, is home to an active and engaged political scene. As the only incorporated city within its county, it has its own mayor and city council which make decisions that affect the local citizens. The mayor and five members of the city council are elected by the people of Ramona and serve four-year terms in office. Every two years, residents of Ramona get to vote on issues that will impact their community, from taxes to public safety initiatives. The City Council also works closely with both state and federal representatives to ensure good governance of their town. The political environment of Ramona is diverse yet passionate, as citizens come together to discuss different ideas for how their town should be run. With strong grassroots support for local candidates, Ramona's political sphere continues to be a place where citizens can have a say in what happens in their community.
The political climate in Ramona, CA is somewhat liberal.
San Diego County, CA is moderately liberal. In San Diego County, CA 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Diego county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 37.5%.
San Diego county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ramona, CA is somewhat liberal.
San Diego County, California is moderately liberal.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad 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.
Ramona, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ramona, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,074 contributions totaling $169,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 580 contributions totaling $88,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)