The El Centro, CA Metro Area is politically diverse and vibrant, with a wide range of options for its residents. It’s home to numerous elected officials who represent different political ideologies, including conservatives, progressives, and moderates. There are several local politicians from each party running in the upcoming election cycle. Issues such as healthcare reform, economic growth, and educational reform are important topics for candidates to address. Residents of El Centro have a variety of resources to help them stay informed about the current policies being discussed by their local representatives before they cast their vote. Local media outlets and civic organizations often provide information about the candidates running for office and the state of politics in the El Centro Metro Area.
The political climate in El Centro Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In El Centro Metro Area 61.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the El Centro metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
The El Centro metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
El Centro Metro Area is strongly 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.
El Centro, California: D d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in El Centro Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,457 contributions totaling $121,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 981 contributions totaling $240,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)