Carlsbad, CA 92008 is a city located in San Diego County. It is a unique area with a population of over 110,000 people. The city of Carlsbad is governed by its own City Council which consists of five members elected by the residents of Carlsbad. Currently, the Mayor is Matt Hall and the four councilmembers are Cori Schumacher, Keith Blackburn, Michael Schumacher and Priya Bhat-Patel. The City Council works to promote growth and development within the community while preserving and protecting local resources through their legislative policies and initiatives. In addition to the City Council, there are several other boards and commissions in Carlsbad that assist in providing guidance to local government officials. These boards include Community Planning, Parks & Recreation, Library Board of Trustees, Senior Services Advisory Commission and much more. Through these various governing bodies, community members are empowered to voice their opinion on important matters affecting their city and help shape the future of Carlsbad for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 92008 (Carlsbad, 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 92008 (Carlsbad, CA) is moderately liberal.
Carlsbad, 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.
Carlsbad, 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 92008 (Carlsbad)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,913 contributions totaling $420,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 754 contributions totaling $328,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)