Bonsall, CA is a small community located in San Diego County. While it is not a major political hub, there are certainly several local politics that play an important role in the daily lives of the people here. One of the main issues that affects Bonsall and other nearby communities are taxes and the budget for public services. The local politicians in Bonsall put forward initiatives to raise taxes or reduce services depending on each individual’s opinion on how best to manage funds for public works and programs. In addition, Bonsall also has representatives at both the county and state level who work to ensure that their constituents' needs are being met. There are important decisions made on everything from transportation to education that affect everyone in Bonsall, so having knowledgeable and competent elected officials is essential to keeping things running smoothly.
The political climate in Bonsall, CA is leaning 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
Bonsall, CA is leaning 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.
Bonsall, 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 Bonsall, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,072 contributions totaling $424,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,508 contributions totaling $381,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)