In Rancho San Diego, CA, politics are an important part of the community. The area is represented largely by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors, along with elected officials for cities within the region. The Board of Supervisors oversees much of the county's decisions and policies, and a handful of representatives make up this elected body. Additionally, individuals are also able to vote for their local representatives in state and federal offices. Local mayors, city council members, school board members, state legislators, and US Congressmen can be voted in as well. Each election gives voice to citizens who want to take part in shaping their government and its policies. All together these representatives work together on behalf of Rancho San Diego citizens to create a better future for the community.
The political climate in Rancho San Diego, 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
Rancho San Diego, 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.
Rancho San Diego, 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 Rancho San Diego, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,788 contributions totaling $1,908,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,193 contributions totaling $1,483,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $465 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)