The small town of Descanso, CA (91916) is located in the mountains east of San Diego and is part of unincorporated San Diego County. Despite its relatively small population, Descanso has a vibrant political landscape. The town is a part of California’s 50th Congressional District, represented by Republican Duncan D. Hunter. At the state level, Descanso falls into California’s 71st Assembly District which is represented by Randy Voepel and at the local level it is part of the Fourth Supervisorial District which is represented by Nathan Fletcher. Although Republicans dominate politics in Descanso, there are occasional opportunities for constituents to get involved and make their voices heard during elections.
The political climate in Zip 91916 (Descanso, 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 91916 (Descanso, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Descanso, 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.
Descanso, 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 91916 (Descanso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $6,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $21,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)