La Presa, CA is a small town in San Diego County that is home to a diverse population of residents. While the political climate in La Presa might not be as heated as some larger cities, there are still plenty of issues local residents care about and strive to make their voices heard on. Local politics are centered around ensuring economic development and growth, educational opportunities, providing needed infrastructure and services, and keeping taxes low. Residents take an active role in the governing process by participating in local elections to choose leaders who will represent their interests. Additionally, they engage with their representatives at the state and national level on various issues pertinent to La Presa. All of this helps ensure that the town remains a vibrant and welcoming community for everyone who lives here.
The political climate in La Presa, 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 Presa, 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 Presa, 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 Presa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,024 contributions totaling $303,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,559 contributions totaling $175,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)