The politics of Lake San Marcos, CA are largely influenced by the local government. Located in San Diego County, the village is represented by members of the Board of Supervisors and U.S. Congressperson Susan Davis. The village also has a Mayor, City Council and City Manager who are elected representatives for the people of Lake San Marcos. The community is heavily involved in local issues such as environmental protection, public safety, economic growth and social services. Much of their work focuses on improving the quality of life for all citizens living in Lake San Marcos. Local elections are held every two years to decide who will serve on the city council and mayor's office and each year residents have an opportunity to voice their opinion about important topics facing the village through ballot initiatives and voting at town hall meetings. Through these outlets, citizens can ensure that their voices are heard and that their needs are being met when it comes to local government decisions.
The political climate in Lake San Marcos, 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
Lake San Marcos, 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.
Lake San Marcos, 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 Lake San Marcos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,479 contributions totaling $325,877 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 792 contributions totaling $259,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)