Carlsbad, CA is a beautiful city located in San Diego County. The area is home to numerous parks, beaches, and attractions that make it a desirable place to live. Politically, 92010 Carlsbad is a city that strongly favors the Democratic party. In 2020, registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly three times as many in the local area. The current mayor of Carlsbad is Matt Hall, who was elected in 2018 after serving on the city council since 2010. He has been an effective leader who has consistently pushed for policies that are beneficial for all residents of the city. There are also several other local candidates running for public office in 2020 including City Council candidates Sean Karlin and Barbara Hamilton-Mackin and School Board candidate Dr. Leticia Mendoza. All of these candidates have strong records of advocating for their constituents’ interests and have earned support from both sides of the political aisle.
The political climate in Zip 92010 (Carlsbad, 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 92010 (Carlsbad, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Carlsbad, 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.
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 92010 (Carlsbad)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,880 contributions totaling $147,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $113,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)