Escondido, CA is located in San Diego County, and it is a vibrant and diverse community that is politically active. The county has elected many Democratic officials, including US Representatives Susan Davis, Scott Peters, and Juan Vargas. On the local level, Escondido City Council members serve four-year terms. There are five council members who are elected at large with no districts. The mayor and deputy mayor then rotate through the council for one year terms. During recent elections in 2020, citizens of Escondido voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates on the ballot; electing Democrats to the Senate, Assembly Districts 76 and 77, Board of Supervisors District 5, as well as other positions such as City Clerk and City Treasurer. This shows that the citizens of Escondido take their civic duty seriously and they are passionate about making sure their voice is heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 92026 (Escondido, 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 92026 (Escondido, CA) is moderately liberal.
Escondido, 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.
Escondido, 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 92026 (Escondido)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,574 contributions totaling $143,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $178,434 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)