San Marcos, California is a vibrant city located in the heart of San Diego County. It has a thriving economy and is a popular cultural destination for residents and visitors alike. In terms of politics, the city has strong representation in the state legislature as well as local officials. At the state level, San Marcos is represented by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath who serves on a number of committees including Aging and Long-Term Care, Higher Education and Housing and Community Development. On the local level, San Marcos is led by Mayor Rebecca Jones, City Council members Keith Halderman, Sharon Jenkins, Maria Nunez, Chris Orlando and John Vessoran. The mayor and council members work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to important services such as health care, education and public safety while promoting policies that make San Marcos an attractive place to live.
The political climate in San Marcos, 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
San Marcos, 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.
San Marcos, 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 San Marcos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39,357 contributions totaling $4,942,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,491 contributions totaling $2,319,337 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)