Solana Beach, CA is a small coastal town located in the San Diego area. This town has a strong sense of community and many citizens are actively involved in their political landscape. The city of Solana Beach has its own municipality where local elected officials serve the citizens in the areas of finance, public safety, infrastructure, and social services. The city council is composed of five members who are elected to four-year terms. They work together to make decisions that will benefit the residents of Solana Beach. Additionally, there are numerous local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and various neighborhood associations that provide opportunities for citizens to become active in different aspects of their community’s politics. Through these groups, people can voice their opinions on topics ranging from affordable housing to environmental conservation.
The political climate in Solana Beach, 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
Solana Beach, 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.
Solana Beach, 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 Solana Beach, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,019 contributions totaling $4,867,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,849 contributions totaling $2,177,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)