The politics of 92007 Encinitas, CA are impacted by multiple factors including the area's location in San Diego County, its socio-economic profile and its population. In terms of political representation, the city is split between California’s 49th Congressional District (represented by Congressman Mike Levin) and California’s 50th Congressional District (represented by Congressman Duncan Hunter). On the local level, the City Council is composed of five members who are elected in non-partisan elections every two years. The City Council serves as the legislative body for the City of Encinitas and has responsibility for creating laws and policies that guide how the city operates. Additionally, there are several other local elected officials such as a Mayor and a City Treasurer, who each serve four year terms. All of these positions are filled through popular vote during municipal elections held every two years.
The political climate in Zip 92007 (Encinitas, 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 92007 (Encinitas, CA) is moderately liberal.
Encinitas, 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.
Encinitas, 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 92007 (Encinitas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,907 contributions totaling $574,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $181,662 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $738 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)