Poway, CA is a suburban city located in San Diego County. It has an estimated population of 49,632 and is known for its recreational activities and outdoor lifestyle. As a part of the county, Poway is subject to the same political landscape as other cities within San Diego County. The current mayor of Poway is Steve Vaus, who was elected in 2016 and won reelection in 2020. The City Council consists of five members who are all elected to serve four-year terms; the last election for City Council was in 2018 with the next one coming up in 2022. A number of important state and federal representatives also represent Poway including Darrell Issa (R) for California Congressional District 50 and Brian Maienschein (R) for California State Assembly District 77. The political climate in Poway is largely influenced by county-wide trends with citizens often voicing their opinions on local issues such as taxes, public safety, education, and affordable housing.
The political climate in Poway, 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
Poway, 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.
Poway, 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 Poway, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,094 contributions totaling $2,277,381 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,180 contributions totaling $1,248,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)