The city of La Mesa, CA is located in San Diego county and has a local government that strives to make the city a great place to live. The City Council consists of five members who are elected every two years by the citizens of La Mesa. They are responsible for making decisions about taxing, land use, public safety, budgeting, infrastructure investment, and more. Policymakers regularly consult with residents to understand their needs and concerns.
The City of La Mesa takes various initiatives to ensure quality of life in the community. It focuses on creating jobs and supporting businesses through economic development efforts; investing in infrastructure improvements such as new roads and sidewalks; expanding parks and recreation facilities; providing quality public services like waste collection, library services, and police protection; and protecting the environment by increasing energy efficiency and implementing sustainability measures. Through these initiatives, La Mesa works towards ensuring a vibrant future for all its citizens.
The political climate in La Mesa, 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
La Mesa, 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.
La Mesa, 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 La Mesa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,227 contributions totaling $1,848,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,368 contributions totaling $533,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)