Del Mar, California is a beautiful coastal city located in the northern part of San Diego County. The city is known for its stunning beaches, rich history, and vibrant local culture. Politically, Del Mar is a reliably Democratic city, with the majority of its citizens voting for Democratic candidates in recent elections. In 2020, Joe Biden received 62% of the vote in Del Mar, while Donald Trump received 34%. Locally, Del Mar has been represented by Democrats in Congress since 2005. Furthermore, Democrats currently hold a majority on the City Council and the Mayor's office. In short, Del Mar is a progressive haven and continues to be an important stronghold for the Democratic party in San Diego County.
The political climate in Del Mar, 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
Del Mar, 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.
Del Mar, 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 Del Mar, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,217 contributions totaling $4,496,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,233 contributions totaling $1,990,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)