El Centro, California, located in the zip code 92243, is a thriving city with a rich and vibrant political landscape. The city is part of Imperial County and has representation in both the county and state government. At the county level, the Board of Supervisors oversees the delivery of services to citizens and makes decisions on issues such as land use, transportation, public health and safety, poverty reduction, economic development, budgeting and taxes. At the state level, El Centro is represented by Senator Ben Hueso in the State Senate and Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia in the State Assembly. Both provide legislative guidance on issues important to residents such as education reform, environmental protection measures and immigration rights. Additionally, El Centro hosts many community forums and events related to politics which help to keep citizens informed on current topics that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 92243 (El Centro, CA) is moderately liberal.
Imperial County, CA is strongly liberal. In Imperial County, CA 61.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Imperial county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
Imperial county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 92243 (El Centro, CA) is moderately liberal.
El Centro, California is moderately liberal.
Imperial County, California is strongly liberal.
El Centro Metro Area is strongly 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.
El Centro, California: D d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 92243 (El Centro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 634 contributions totaling $44,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $34,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)