Lakeside, CA is a small town located in the heart of California's Central Valley. As a residential community, Lakeside offers its citizens a welcoming and safe environment with plenty of amenities, from parks and recreation to local businesses. Although it may be a small town, Lakeside has an active political scene that offers residents the opportunity to learn about their state and local government. There are several civic organizations available which provide information on current issues and facilitate voter participation during elections. Several local politicians have also been elected to serve in our town hall, providing us with representation at the state level. These individuals work diligently to ensure that Lakeside remains an attractive place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Lakeside (San Diego County), CA is somewhat 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
Lakeside (San Diego County), CA is somewhat 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.
Lakeside (San Diego County), 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 Lakeside (San Diego County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,011 contributions totaling $472,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,001 contributions totaling $511,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $511 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)