El Centro, CA is the largest city in Imperial County and is situated in the Southern region of California. The city has a population of approximately 45,000 people. El Centro is divided into six wards which each have a mayor and council members who manage the local government. The current mayor, Cheryl Viegas-Walker, was elected in 2018 and works to ensure that El Centro remains a vibrant community where residents are engaged in their local politics and feel connected to their government. In addition to the Mayor’s office, there are many other elected offices that serve El Centro’s citizens including County Supervisors, City Councilmembers, School Board members and State Representatives who all play an important role in shaping state policy. The politics of El Centro focus on creating opportunities for economic development and promoting public safety while still ensuring that residents have access to quality education, health care services, and housing options.
The political climate in El Centro, CA is moderately liberal.
Imperial County, CA is strongly liberal. In Imperial County, CA 61.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Imperial county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
Imperial county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
El Centro, CA is moderately liberal.
Imperial County, California is strongly liberal.
El Centro Metro Area is strongly 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.
El Centro, California: D d 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 El Centro, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 688 contributions totaling $46,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $44,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)