The politics in 91902 Bonita, CA are highly contested, with the local elections often being hotly debated topics of conversation. The city is located in San Diego County and is largely influenced by its proximity to both San Diego and Imperial County. Over the past decade, the population has grown significantly, but continues to be largely conservative leaning. Candidates from a variety of political parties have campaigned vigorously in Bonita for local offices, promising to bring their ideas to fruition if elected into office. Though many of the policies have remained steady over the years, there are also issues which remain at the forefront of discussion such as environmental protection and economic growth. As citizens of Bonita continue to ponder how they want their city to develop and look into the future, it’s certain that local politics will remain an important factor in their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 91902 (Bonita, 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
Zip 91902 (Bonita, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Bonita, California 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.
Bonita, 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 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 91902 (Bonita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,328 contributions totaling $176,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 776 contributions totaling $96,908 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)