Descanso, California is a small rural town located in the San Diego County. It is an unincorporated community with a population of about 5,000 people. Descanso is known for its relaxed lifestyle and its agricultural history. Although Descanso has no local political candidates, it has a strong sense of community and participates in county-wide politics to ensure its needs are met. The town holds regular meetings to discuss issues that affect the residents such as water rights, agricultural land use, and public safety. Residents have also actively participated in discussions around county-wide initiatives like tax reform and increasing access to healthcare services. Descanso works hard to ensure its voice is heard at the local level by engaging in meaningful conversations with local representatives and officials.
The political climate in Descanso, 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
Descanso, 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.
Descanso, 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 Descanso, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 818 contributions totaling $266,566 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 366 contributions totaling $271,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $742 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)