Calexico, CA is located in Imperial County and is the largest US-Mexico border city. It is a diverse city with many cultural and economic influences from both sides of the border. The population of Calexico is approximately 38,000 people and it is home to a variety of political organizations and candidates. Currently, the mayor of Calexico is Victor Carrillo who was elected in 2018. He has been a major advocate for the Latino community in the city. Other local political candidates include Leticia Perez, who ran in 2019 for California State Senate District 40, and Mayra Macias, who ran in 2019 for California State Assembly District 56. Both Perez and Macias are passionate about representing their community in politics and advocating for issues that affect their constituents such as immigration reform, access to quality healthcare, and education.
The political climate in Zip 92231 (Calexico, CA) is moderately liberal.
Imperial County, CA is strongly liberal. In Imperial County, CA 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, Imperial county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
Imperial county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 92231 (Calexico, CA) is moderately liberal.
Calexico, California is moderately liberal.
Imperial County, California is strongly liberal.
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.
Calexico, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 92231 (Calexico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $16,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $5,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)