Oceanside, CA is a city located in the northern part of San Diego County. It has a population of around 175,000 people and is known for its stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. Oceanside has a mayor-council form of government, with five members on the City Council who are all elected at-large to four year terms. They work together to create and approve local laws and ordinances, set policy, and control the budget and tax rates. The current Mayor of Oceanside is Peter Weiss. The City Council also works closely with other local governments, non-profit organizations, businesses, civic leaders and citizens to ensure that Oceanside's residents receive essential services while being fiscally responsible.
The political climate in Oceanside, 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
Oceanside, 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.
Oceanside, 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 Oceanside, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,503 contributions totaling $1,549,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,777 contributions totaling $1,299,219 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)