National City, CA is a dynamic and diverse city located within San Diego County. The city is known for its vibrant culture and strong sense of community, and is home to nearly 60,000 residents. Politics in National City are largely dominated by the Democratic Party, with local politicians taking on progressive stances on issues such as economic development, education reform, environmental protection, healthcare reform, and immigration. Much of the current political debate in National City centers around these issues as well as police reform and public safety initiatives. Local politicians have also been vocal in their support for small businesses and the nonprofit sector within the city's boundaries. As the 2020 elections approach, National City residents will continue to look to their elected officials to make sure that progress is made on these pressing issues.
The political climate in National City, 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
National City, 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.
National City, 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 National City, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,613 contributions totaling $240,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,122 contributions totaling $131,184 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)