The politics of 92123 San Diego, CA are largely shaped by the local government and its representatives. This area is part of the city of San Diego, which is governed by a city council consisting of nine members who are elected to represent various districts in the city. In addition, there is a mayor who serves as an executive leader for all matters related to the city's governmental operations. Important political issues facing the residents of 92123 include housing affordability, public safety, education reform, environmental protection, and economic development. Local elections typically feature multiple candidates seeking to represent this region on the city council or as mayor. Residents have an important role in deciding which candidates will lead their community by voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 92123 (San Diego, CA) is moderately 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 92123 (San Diego, CA) is moderately liberal.
San Diego, California is moderately 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.
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 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 92123 (San Diego)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,475 contributions totaling $137,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 329 contributions totaling $121,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)