The city of Chula Vista, CA, is located in San Diego County and is the second largest city in the county with a population of over 270,000 people. Residents of Chula Vista have the opportunity to voice their political opinions through a variety of ways, such as voting for a local representative or attending local town hall meetings. Additionally, there are many local political organizations that actively engage with residents to discuss current issues impacting the community. The City Council is a 9-member board elected by popular vote which values public input and encourages citizens to participate. Chula Vista has three representatives in the state legislature: Senator Ben Hueso, Assemblymember Shirley Weber and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez. All three representatives have been active in responding to community needs and working for positive results on various issues ranging from economic development and public safety to healthcare and education. Locally, voters also have the opportunity to elect four City Council members who represent their respective districts and serve four-year terms. Regardless of political belief or affiliation, all citizens are welcome and encouraged to get involved in local politics in order to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 91913 (Chula Vista, 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 91913 (Chula Vista, CA) is moderately liberal.
Chula Vista, 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.
Chula Vista, 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 91913 (Chula Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,044 contributions totaling $43,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $33,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)