The town of Campo, CA is a small community with a population of around 900 people. It is an unincorporated area in San Diego County and has no official government or political representation. The closest county seat is El Cajon, where residents can go to vote for representatives for the local, state, and federal governments. There are many organizations and groups in Campo that work together on local issues such as education, infrastructure, and public safety. These organizations often partner with larger organizations to advocate for their community in the larger political arena. Therefore, residents of Campo may not have a representative at the local level but they do have a voice through these partnerships and coalitions that fight for their rights and needs.
The political climate in Campo, 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
Campo, 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.
Campo, 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 Campo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 130 contributions totaling $6,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $8,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)