Paso Robles is a city located in San Luis Obispo County, California. The city's population was estimated to be around 32,227 in 2019. The City Council of Paso Robles consists of five members who are elected at-large and serve four year terms. The current Mayor is Steve Martin and the Vice Mayor is John Hamon.
The local political scene in Paso Robles has been vibrant over the past few years with many people vying for a seat on the City Council. In 2020, eight candidates ran for three open seats on the council while two ballot measures were proposed that same year regarding the regulation of cannabis businesses and term limits for council members. In 2021, four candidates ran for one open council seat and two ballot measures were proposed regarding rent control and water regulations.
The political climate in Zip 93446 (El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA) is leaning liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Luis Obispo County, CA 55.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Luis Obispo county remained strongly Democratic, 55.3% to 42.2%.
San Luis Obispo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 93446 (El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA) is leaning liberal.
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), California is leaning liberal.
San Luis Obispo County, California is somewhat liberal.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles Metro Area is somewhat 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 Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), 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 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 93446 (El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles))
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,697 contributions totaling $120,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 690 contributions totaling $133,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)