Julian, California is a rural town in San Diego County with a population of 1,502 people. It is known for its picturesque apple orchards and historic downtown. Politically, Julian is part of District Five in the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and is represented by Dianne Jacob. At the state level, Julian citizens are part of the 38th district and are represented by Senator Brian Jones. Despite its small size, Julian has become an important voice in politics through local initiatives that protect and enhance its unique character. Recent efforts have included supporting sustainable agriculture and protecting against sprawl development. In recent municipal elections, candidates have focused on issues like land use planning, public safety infrastructure improvement, and preserving Julian’s heritage as an agricultural community.
The political climate in Julian, 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
Julian, 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.
Julian, 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 Julian, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 650 contributions totaling $28,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $5,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)