Escondido, CA is home to a diverse population of individuals from all walks of life. As such, the political landscape in the city reflects this diversity. Politically, Escondido is a moderate and balanced environment, with a variety of candidates from both major political parties. In recent years, local elections have seen close races between Democrats and Republicans vying for seats in City Council and other municipal positions. The current mayor, Paul McNamara, is a Democrat who has been in office since 2014. He has won re-election twice due to his focus on public safety and economic development in the city. Alongside him are six councilmembers who serve staggered four year terms. They come from both major political parties and work together to ensure that Escondido remains a vibrant place to live and work.
The political climate in Escondido, 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
Escondido, 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.
Escondido, 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 Escondido, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,082 contributions totaling $1,714,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,979 contributions totaling $1,212,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)