Lemon Grove, California is a small city located in the southern part of San Diego County. It is home to approximately 26,000 people and is known for its vibrant community and local culture. The city’s politics are driven by a City Council comprised of five elected officials, with each council member elected from one of the five districts within the city. Although Lemon Grove has a small population compared to larger cities in the region, it remains an important player in regional politics. The residents have a strong voice in shaping their local government’s decisions and policies that affect their day-to-day lives. Some of the most pressing issues that affect Lemon Grove today include budgeting for public services, providing public safety and security, and promoting economic development. Local political candidates strive to make sure their constituents are aware of any changes or laws proposed that would impact them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Lemon Grove, CA is moderately 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
Lemon Grove, CA is moderately 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.
Lemon Grove, 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 Lemon Grove, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,468 contributions totaling $1,073,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,794 contributions totaling $291,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)